Participles and Ablative absolute

What are participles?

• They are verbs that are made into adjectives
• There are three main types
• Perfect Passive
• Future Active
• Present Active

Perfect Passive

• Translated: Having been ___ed
• has 1/2 endings, changes gender
• is made by the 4th principle part
• EX Amatus, amata, amatum-
• EX having been loved

Future Active

• Describes what noun will do in future
• translated about to ____
• 4th principle part + UR- US
• EX Amaturus, amatura, amaturum
• EX about to love

PRESENT ACTIVE

• describes noun as doing something
• translated _____ing
• infinitive - RE +NS
• EX amans
• EX loving

Ablative Absolute

• Participle+noun: both in ablative case
• usually in beginning got sentence
• tell circumstances of rest of sentence

Translation

• Translation never starts with noun or participle
• Uses a SWWAB word:
• Since, When, While, After, Because
• EX Puero legante, ridet saepissime
• While the boy is reading, he laughs often

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