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Three gerunds that bend the rule

Almost every gerundio is regular. The few exceptions are verbs that come from a longer Latin form — and they're some of the most common:

Infinitive Gerundio English
fare facendo doing, making
bere bevendo drinking
dire dicendo saying

You'll hear facendo constantly: Cosa stai facendo? — What are you doing? It works from the same stem as faccio; bevendo from bevo; dicendo from dico.

Verbs like andare, venire, uscire, dormire are perfectly regular: andando, venendo, uscendo, dormendo.