[Grammar] I like YOU singing Vs I like YOUR singing

[Kakhacho]

I have come across the sentences:
1. I like YOU singing
2. I like YOUR singing

I personally understand the sentences as:
1. I like YOU singing = I like you when you are singing (hence “singing” here is participle I)
2. I like YOUR singing = like your songs (and here “singing” is a gerund)

I am an English learner and my teacher says that in both cases the word “singing” is a gerund and that the verb “like” is a perception verb.

Would you be so kind as to help me please? :-(

 

[MikeNewYork]

Your analysis is correct. In the first sentence, "singing" is a participle; in the second it is a gerund.

 

[emsr2d2]

I don't agree that "I like your singing" = "I like your songs".

 

[Kakhacho]

Thank you Mike and emrsr2d2 for your replies.

And emrsr2d2, could you explain, please, how to interpret "I like your singing" other than "I like your songs"?

Thank you again

 

[Rover_KE]

'I like your singing' = 'I like the sound of your voice when you sing'.

'I like your songs' = 'I like the songs you have written.'

 

[Kakhacho]

thank you very much

 

[Rover_KE]

Thank you very much.

That's a very lazy way of writing when your original post shows you understand capitalisation and punctuation very well.

Please click Thank instead of making a new post. It saves everybody's time.