Infinitives
Present Tense
|
conjugation
|
Active
|
Passive
|
| 1st
= -âre |
amâre
|
amârî
|
| 2nd
= -êre |
tenêre
|
tenêrî
|
| 3rd
= -ere |
ducere
|
ducî
|
| 3rd
io = -ere |
facere
|
facî
|
| 4th
= -îre |
sentîre
|
sentîrî
|
|
translate
|
To ***
|
To be ***ed
|
Perfect Tense: all conjugations
|
Active
|
Passive
|
| 3rd
p.p. stem + -isse |
4th
p.p. + esse |
| amavisse |
Amatus,
-a, -um esse |
| To
have ***ed |
To
have been ***ed |
Future tense: all conjugations
|
Active
|
Passive [very rare]
|
| Future
active participle + esse |
4th
p.p. (neuter s) + îrî |
| Amaturus,
-a, -um esse |
Amatum
îrî |
| To
be about to *** |
To
be about to be ***ed |
Syntax
-
debeo, desidero, paro, possum,
timeo
-
libellum scribere desidero.
-
Accusative/Infinitive Construction
-
Doceo, iubeo
-
Te scribere libellum iubeo.
-
Infinitive with impersonal verbs
-
Licet, neccesse est
-
Libellum scribere necesse est
-
After verbs of thinking, knowing,
seeing, feeling, hearing, perceiving
-
Audio, cerno, cogito, credo, dico,
exspecto, intellego, narro, nego, nescio, nuntio, quaero, scio, scribo,
video, voco
-
Infinitive takes subject in ACCUSATIVE
case
Infinitive Tenses in Indirect
Statement
Present occurs at the same
time as action of main verb
-
Caesar dicit sê elephantôs
vidêre.
-
Caesar dixit sê elephantôs
vidêre.
-
Caesar dicet sê elephantôs
vidêre.
Perfect occurs
before the action of the main verb
-
Caesar dicit sê elephantôs
vîdisse.
-
Caesar dixit sê elephantôs
vîdisse.
-
Caesar dicet sê elephantôs
vîdisse.
Future occurs
after the action of the main verb
-
Caesar dicit sê elephantôs
visurum esse.
-
Caesar dixit sê elephantôs
visurum esse.
-
Caesar dicet sê elephantôs
visurum esse.
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