impersonal verbs Flashcards
pluit
it is raining
ningit
it is snowing
fulgurat
there is lightning
tonat
there is thunder
lucescit
it is dawn
uesperascit
it grows late
miseret
it moves X (acc) to pity for Y (gen)
the person who feels is in the acc, the source of the feeling in the gen (if action it may be in the infin)
me miseret - I pity
(me) paenitet
I regret
the person who feels is in the acc, the source of the feeling in the gen (if action it may be in the infin)
- eum paenitet ridere
he regrets laughing.
(me) piget
I am bored of
the person who feels is in the acc, the source of the feeling in the gen (if action it may be in the infin)
(me) pudet
I am ashamed of
the person who feels is in the acc, the source of the feeling in the gen (if action it may be in the infin)
(me) taedet
I am tired of
the person who feels is in the acc, the source of the feeling in the gen (if action it may be in the infin)
oportet
me iri oportet-
lit. it is right for me to go
I have a duty to go
or even
I should go
decet
me ire decet-
it is fitting for me to go
dedecet
me ire dedecet-
it is unfitting for me to go
iuvat
me ire iuvat-
lit. It pleases me to go
I like going
placet
mihi ire placet-
I like going
uidetur
mihi ire videtur-
I decide to go
libet
mihi ire libet-
I like going
licet
mihi ire (per eum) licet-
I am permitted to go (by him)
necesse est
necesse est mihi ire-
I must go