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A participle is part verb and part adjective, aka a verb that is used to describe a noun: The monkey, having been greeted, walks to the store In this.

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2 A participle is part verb and part adjective, aka a verb that is used to describe a noun: The monkey, having been greeted, walks to the store In this example, the monkey is being described by the participle having been greeted.

3 Participles in Latin have a tense (present, perfect, or future) and a voice (active or passive) Participles have a case, number, and gender and must agree with the noun it describes in case, number, and gender

4 This is a participle that happens before the main verb: The monkey, having been greeted, walks to the store. What happened first? The monkey being greeted or the monkey walking to the store?

5 The perfect passive participles are the fourth principal part of the verb: saluto, salutare, salutavi, salutatus It will agree with its noun in case, number, and gender (and use 1 st /2 nd decl. endings): simius salutatus ad tabernam ambulat. simius is masc., sing., and nom. and so is salutatus

6 Participles are part verb and part adjective They have a tense and voice Perfect Passive Participles happen before the main verb of the sentence They agree with their noun in case, number, and gender and use 1 st /2 nd decl. endings Translate as ‘having been _____ed’


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