Chapter 2 Grammar Flashcards
What are the principal parts of the verb?
Present, infinitive, perfect active, supine.
How to spot a deponent?
Uor
What is an indirect statement?
A report of what someone saw, or does.
What is an indirect statement made of?
Accusative and Infinitive
How is a future passive infinitive made?
Supine + infinitive + ire
= confecturum iri
What are participles?
Adjective formed from a verb.
What are the four participles?
Present active
Perfect Passive
Future Active
Deponents ONLY = Perfect Active
How to spot a present active participle?
ns e.g.portans
How to spot a prefect passive participle?
us e.g. portatus
How to spot a future active participle?
urus e.g. portaturus
How to spot a prefect active participle?
us e.g. locutus (only for deponents)
What are ablative absolutes?
Phrase using by with or from but usually talking about something while something else is happening.
What are ablative absolutes made up of?
Noun/Pronoun + Participle ALL in Ablative
What are impersonal verbs?
Verbs where ‘it’ is the subject.
What are the four impersonal verbs and translations?
Placet (dative) = it is pleasing…
Licet (dative ) = it is allowed…
Necesse est (dative) = it is necessary…
Oportet (active) = I ought to…
Which is another impersonal verb that is irregular?
Accido because sometimes it is and sometimes it isn’t.
It happens…
What is significant about a time clause with proviso?
Proviso means purpose.
Using proviso and words such as priusquam or dum, means that what happened at that time had a purpose.
How to translate time clauses with proviso?
X did something before/while something happened.
What is cum + ablative?
With
What is cum + subjunctive?
When/Since/Although
What is cum + indicative verb?
When
What is cum + pluperfect?
Whenever
What is cum + perfect?
When
What is quod or quia?
Because
What is quod or quia with subjunctive?
Apparently.
What are coordinated words?
Words that come together e.g. et…et or Prius… quam
What are connecting conjunctions?
Allows one sentence to relate to another e.g. igitur.
What are subordinate clauses?
Adding extra information in an extra clause to create extra long phrases usually using words like dum = while.
