PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Infinitives and Indirect Statements
Infinitives:
-Tenses--present, perfect, future (active & passive)
PRESENT ACTIVE:
-2nd p.p.
to ____
PRESENT PASSIVE:
-2nd p.p. - "-re" + "i"
to be ___
PERFECT ACTIVE:
3rd p.p. + "-sse"
to have ____
PERFECT PASSIVE:
4th p.p. + esse
to have been ____
FUTURE ACTIVE:
-4th p.p. + "-ur-" (comes right before "-us")
to be about to ____
*There is no future passive
ex: do, dare
active passive
present: dare dari
perfect: datisse datus esse
future: daturus esse ----------
Structure of an Indirect Statement:
-Every indirect statement has a head verb, a subject of the head verb, an accusative subject, and an infinitive.
Example:
Agricola dicit carmen a poeta scriptum esse.
{The farmer says that the song was written by the poet}
Agricola=subject (farmer)
dicit=head verb (says)
carmen=accusative subject (song)
scriptum esse=infinitive (was written)
Translation of an Indirect Statement:
Putavimus servos strenue laboraturos esse.
We thought that the slaves would work strenuously.
"the slaves would work strenuously" is direct. By adding the head verb ("we thought"), the sentence becomes indirect.
