Participles 2012

What are participles? Participles are adjectives that are made from verbs. “Verbal adjectives.” The running man. (run) The lost money. (lose) The girl about to jump. (jump)  Latin uses 1 word here instead of 3!

You already know… PPP’s: Perfect Passive Participles The 4th principal part of a verb. Translated “having been verbed” or “verbed” amitto, amittere, amisi, amissus: lose amissus: having been lost, “lost” Pecunia amissa: the lost money

Participle Tenses Present Perfect Future

Participle chart Present Active Voice Passive Voice X Perfect Future Present stem + -ns, -ntis (verbing) Passive Voice X Perfect 4th principle part of the verb –us, -a, -um (verbed, having been verbed) Future 4th principal part minus –us, + –urus/-ura/-urum (about to verb) -ndus/-nda/-ndum (verbing, must be verbed)

Participle chart Present Active Voice Passive Voice X Perfect Future amans, amantis (loving) Passive Voice X Perfect amatus, -a, -um (loved, having been loved) Future amaturus, -a, -um (about to love) amandus/-a/-um (loving, must be loved)

Declining Participles Participles that end in –us/-a/-um use the 1st and 2nd declension charts you’ve known and loved since Latin I. -us -i -a -ae -um -a -i -orum -ae -arum -i -orum -o -is -ae -is -o -is -um -os -am -as -um -a -o -is -ā -is -o -is

Declining Participles Present active participles (-ns, -ntis) decline like 3rd declension i-stem nouns. M/F Neuter amans amantes amans amantia amantis amantium amantis amantium amanti amantibus amanti amantibus amantem amantes amans amantia amante amantibus amanti amantibus