Speech + Statements

Question 1

What is indirect speech made up of?

Answer 1

➡️indirect questions

➡️indirect commands

➡️indirect statements

Question 2

How is a indirect question constructed?

Answer 2

A verb of asking
\+ 
A question word 
\+ 
A verb in the subjunctive

Question 3

What is this and what is the translation?

Milites intellexerunt quid Quintus fecisset

Answer 3

Indirect question

The soldiers had understood what Quintus had done

Question 4

What is this and what is the translation?

Custos nesciebat quis appropinquaret

Answer 4

Indirect question

The guards did not know who was approaching

Question 5

What is this and what is the translation?

Haruspices cognoscere conabatur num omnia bona essent

Answer 5

Indirect question

The soothsayers were trying to know whether the omens were good

Question 6

What is a indirect command and how is it constructed?

Answer 6

And indirect command is a command that is being reported

It is constructed using:

a verb of ordering 
\+
Ut 
\+ 
A verb in the subjunctive

Question 7

What is this and what is the translation?

Dominus nobis imperavit ut sellas lectosque emeremus

Answer 7

Indirect command

The master ordered us to buy chairs and couches

Question 8

What is this and what is the translation?

Nuntius britannis persuasit ut dona ad aulam ferrent

Answer 8

Indirect command

The messenger persuaded the Britain’s to carry the gift to the palace

Question 9

What is this and what is the translation?

Agricola Britannos hortatus est ut mores Romanorum discerent

Answer 9

Indirect command

Agricola encouraged the Britains to learn Roman custom

Question 10

What is a indirect statement and how is it constructed?

Answer 10

Used When what someone has previously said is being reported

Constructed using:
A mental concept verb plus the word ‘that’ after it. (JEDI VERB) 
\+ 
Accusative 
\+ 
Infinitive

Question 11

Tenses in indirect statements

Answer 11

Tense of indirect statement depends on the tense of the infinitive

Eg ‘parare’

➡️ parare = present
Translates as ‘are preparing’

➡️ paravisse = pluperfect
Translates as ‘had prepared’

➡️ paraturus esse = future
Translates as ‘are about to be prepared’

Question 12

What is this and what is the translation?

Centurio dicit captivos dormire

Answer 12

Indirect statement

The centurions say that the soldiers are sleeping

Question 13

What is this and what is the translation?

Audio Lupum in villa rustica habitare

Answer 13

Indirect statement

I heard that lupus is living in a rustic house

Question 14

What is this and what is the translation?

Nuntius dicit hostes appropinquare

Answer 14

Indirect statement

The messenger said that the enemy are approaching

Question 15

What is this and what is the translation?

Audio Agricolam bellum in Caledonia gerere

Answer 15

Indirect statement

I heard that Agricola is fighting the war in Caledonia

Question 16

What is this and what is the translation?

Rhetor affirmat filium meum diligenter laboravisse

Answer 16

Indirect statement

The teacher affirmed that my son was working carefully

Question 17

What is this and what is the translation?

Dominus credit fugitivos in silva latere

Answer 17

Indirect statement

The master believed that the fugitives are lying hidden in the wood

Question 18

What is this and what is the translation?

Scimus milites nostros fortiter pugnaturus esse

Answer 18

Indirect statement

We know that our soldiers are About to fight bravely