Gerund vs. infinitive

Hello, native English speakers.

Would you check my question sentences?

Q1 Choose the correct form and translate into Japanese.
1 I enjoyed [ (a) to swim (b) swimming ] in this river when I was a child.

2 My father wants [ (a) to buy (b) buying ] a German car. (German =ﾆ檀ﾆ辰ﾆ団窶堙?

3 My sister Emi practices [ (a) to play (b) playing ] the violin for five hours every day.

4 I finished [ (a) to write (b) writing ] a story yesterday. (story = 窶｢ﾂｨﾅ津ｪ)

5 "Do you mind [(a) to open (b) opening ] the window?" " Not at all."

6 I hope [(a) to see (b) seeing ] you again some day. (some day = 窶堋｢窶堙や?堋ｩ)

7 He's decided [(a) to go (b) going ] to the United States to study English.

窶禿｢窶啣ﾂ 窶慊ｮ窶督ｼﾅｽﾅ停?堙懌?堋ｽ窶堙坂?｢s窶凖ｨﾅｽﾅ停?堙ｰ窶廃窶堋｢窶堙?，ﾅｽﾅｸ窶堙娯?｢ﾂｶ窶堙ｰ窶ｰpﾅ津ｪ窶堙俄?禿ｳ窶堋ｵ窶堙遺?堋ｳ窶堋｢ﾂ。
Translate into English using a gerund or an infinitive.
1 ﾅｽ窶樞?堙債，窶堋ｱ窶堋ｱ窶堙俄?板ｯ窶堙懌?堙ｩ窶堋ｱ窶堙??堙嫁塚??堙溪?堋ｽﾂ。(窶板ｯ窶堙懌?堙ｩﾂ? stay)
I (have) decided to stay here.

2 ﾅｽ窶樞?堙債，ﾅｽﾃ｡窶堋｢(young)ﾂ債?ﾂ，窶堙ｦ窶堋ｭ(ﾂ?ｨ窶堋ｵ窶堙寂?堋ｵ窶堙?ﾆ樽ﾆ耽ﾂー(the guitar)窶堙ｰ窶册窶堋｢窶堙??y窶堋ｵ窶堙ｱ窶堋ｾﾂ。(ﾂ〜ﾂ債?ﾂ? whenﾂ〜)
(a) I often enjoyed playing the guitar when I was young.
(b) When I was young, I often enjoyed playing the guitar.

3 ﾅｽ窶樞?堙娯?｢ﾆ停?堙債，窶敕樞?堙固ｽﾃ披?堙ｰﾂ静ｴ窶堋｢ﾂ終窶堋ｦ窶堙??堋｢窶堙ｩﾂ。(ﾅ陳ｻﾂ催敘?ﾂｮ窶板ｹﾅ蛋窶堙?(ﾂ静ｴ窶堋､= wash)
My father has finished washing his car.

4 ﾅｽ窶樞?堙債，ﾅｽﾅｾﾂ々ﾂ，窶堋ｻ窶堙娯?禿｢窶佚ｨ(problem)窶堙俄?堙や?堋｢窶堙?，窶ｰﾂｽﾅｽﾅｾﾅ?ﾃ披?堙?ﾂ考窶堋ｦ窶伉ｱ窶堋ｯ窶堙懌?堋ｷﾂ。(窶伉ｱ窶堋ｯ窶堙ｩ= keep on)
(a) I sometimes keep on thinking about the problem for many hours.
(b) I sometimes keep on thinking for many hours about the problem.

5 ﾅｽ窶樞?堙債，窶堋ｸ窶堙≫?堙?ﾂ?ｨ窶卍ｷ窶堋｢ﾅ?ﾃ? for a long time),窶堋?窶堙遺?堋ｽ窶堙俄?ｰﾃｯ窶堋｢窶堋ｽ窶堋ｩ窶堙≫?堋ｽﾂ。(ﾅ陳ｻﾂ催敘?ﾂｮ窶板ｹﾅ蛋窶堙?(窶ｰﾃｯ窶堋､= see)
I have wanted to see you for a long time.


Thanks in advance.

Hirashin

1 to 7 are all good style, and the correct answer is clear. I don't understand Japanese well enough to know what you're asking to translate in the next questions, but the answer sentences are good, the only thing I note is that 2 (a) and (b) are both good English and mean nearly the same thing, (b) puts a little more emphasis on being young.

4 (a) is the more natural way to say it, 4(b) is allowable but very awkward. Would probably only occur in a literary context where you're deliberately trying to use uncommon word orders.

Q1 (b) swimming

Q2 (a) to buy

Q3 (b) playing, although the sentence is oddly worded. Rarely do English speakers say playing after the word practice. Naturally, I'd say "My sister Emi practices the violin for five hours every day (she's a dedicated player too!).

Q4 (b) writing

Q5 (b) opening

Q6 (a) to see

Q7 (a) to go

I'm not even going to attempt the Japanese section ;_;

Thank you for your help, Rick and I am a Baka san.

I Am A Baka san says that native speakers would not say "MY sister Emi practices playing the violin...".

Then would you please give me some example sentences using gerund ( ing form) after "practice"?

How about these?
(1) My brother Tom practices kicking a soccer ball for many hours every day.
(2) My brother Ken practices throwing a fast ball for more than an hour every day.

Hirashin

hirashin said:

Thank you for your help, Rick and I am a Baka san.

I Am A Baka san says that native speakers would not say "MY sister Emi practices playing the violin...".

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Yes, it's good English but we wouldn't say that in full very often because it's saying unneccessary words, if you just say "practices the violin" it's assumed you mean playing it. We'd usually leave the gerund out if the noun makes it obvious what the activity is.

Then would you please give me some example sentences using gerund ( ing form) after "practice"?

How about these?
(1) My brother Tom practices kicking a soccer ball for many hours every day.
(2) My brother Ken practices throwing a fast ball for more than an hour every day.


Hirashin

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Yes these are natural things to say. Some others could be "practices dancing", "practices driving", "practices reading Japanese" etc

Thanks for the help, Rick.

I'm glad to hear my sentences are good.

Hirashin