36a. Latin to English Flashcards
- We have already learned how the Romans expressed indirect statements and indirect questions. After a verb having the connotation of command, how did the Romans express an indirect command?
- Indirect command = ut (nē) + subjunctive.
- List some common Latin verbs that can take an indirect command.
- imperō, dīcō, cūrō, moneō, hortor, persuādeō, petō, quaerō, ōrō, rogō
3.1 Label if subjunctive or translate: fīet.
3.1 it will be made/ done; he will become
3.2 Label if subjunctive or translate: fit.
3.2 it is made /done; he becomes
3.3 Label if subjunctive or translate: fīat.
3.3 pres. subjunct., 3 sg.
3.4 Label if subjunctive or translate: fieret.
3.4 imperf. subjunct., 3 sg.
3.5 Label if subjunctive or translate: fierī.
3.5 to be made / done; to become
3.6 Label if subjunctive or translate: fīunt.
3.6 they are made / done; they become
3.7 Label if subjunctive or translate: fīēbant.
3.7 they were being made / done; they were becoming
3.8 Label if subjunctive or translate: fīēs.
3.8 you (sg.) will be made, will become
3.9 Label if subjunctive or translate: factus esse.
3.9 to have been made / done, to have become
3.10 Label if subjunctive or translate: fierent.
3.10 imperf. subjunct., 3. pl.
3.11 Label if subjunctive or translate: fīmus.
3.11 we are made, become
3.12 Label if subjunctive or translate: fīent.
3.12 they will be made, become
3.13 Label if subjunctive or translate: fīs.
3.13 you (sg.) are made, become
3.14 Label if subjunctive or translate: fierem
3.14 imperf. subjunct., 1 sg.
3.15 Label if subjunctive or translate: fīant.
3.15 pres. subjunct., 3 pl.
3.16 Label if subjunctive or translate: faciendus.
3.16 to be made / done (gerundive)
3.17 Label if subjunctive or translate: fīāmus.
3.17 pres. subjunct., 1 pl.
- Dīxit eōs litterīs Latīnīs studēre.
- He said that they were studying Latin literature.
4a Dīxit eōs litterīs Latīnīs studēre. Explain the syntax of studēre.
4a studēre = pres. inf.; indirect statement
- Dīxit cūr litterīs Latīnīs studērent.
- He told why they were studying Latin literature.