No. 4,815 in Russian
играя
"Playing."
In a sentence
Играя на пианино, он забывает обо всём.
Playing the piano, he forgets about everything.
Here, 'играя' means 'playing' and is used as a gerund to describe an action simultaneous to forgetting.
Дети смеялись, играя в парке.
The children were laughing while playing in the park.
In this sentence, 'играя' translates to 'while playing' and describes the activity of the children parallel to laughing.
Она замечала, как они счастливы, играя в настольную игру.
She noticed how happy they were while playing a board game.
'Играя' here means 'while playing', suggesting an activity occurring during the state of happiness.
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