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Chapter 5. What is a verb infinitive? a form of a verb without person or num ber to walk to love to prepare.

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1 Chapter 5

2 What is a verb infinitive? a form of a verb without person or num ber to walk to love to prepare

3 What is meant by person and number of a verb? I you he, she we they singular or plural

4 never split an infinitive to go quickly never to quickly go

5 What two letters does a Latin infinitive end in? -re to walk ambulāre to love amāre to prepareparāre to watchspectāre to carryportāre errare est humanam - to err is human

6 Some verbs do not form a complete thought - volo nolo paro potest vult parat non vult I want... I don’t want... I prepare... he is able... he wants... he prepares... he does not want...

7 1.Their meaning is completed by a form of the infinitive Marcus lupum repellere parat. Marcus prepares to drive off the wolf. Sextus Davum vexāre vult. Sextus wants to annoy Davus.

8 2.When infinitives are used this way they are called complementary infinitives because they complete the meaning of the verb that goes with it. He wants... to walk to run to sleep

9 In Latin the infinitive comes _________the main verb and in English it comes ________ the main verb: Marcus lupum repellere parat. Marcus prepares to drive off the wolf. before after

10 Activity 1- Locate two Latin infinitives in the story on page 25 and copy them here, give the English meaning: ascendere to climb descendere to climb down

11 Activity 2 – Underline the infinitive, circle the main verb and translate into English. 1.Ego ad hortum curro (curro, I run) quod Davum vexāre volo (volo, I want). 2.Ego arborem non ascendo (ascendo, I climb) quod in rivum cadere nolo (nolo, I dont want).

12 3.Quod dies est calidus, tu prope rivum errāre paras (paras, you prepare). 4.Sextus ex arbore descendere non vult quod lupus eum terret. 5.Puer lupum conspicit, ramum arripit, lupum repellere parat.

13 Activity 3 – Circle the correct verb form. 1. Marcus et Sextus in silvam (ambulant,ambulat). 2. Sextus (clamat, clamant), “Ego arborem (ascendit, ascendere) volo.” 3. Sed Marcus arborem (descendere, ascendere) non vult. 4. Tum Sextus, “Tu es ignavus,” Statim Sextus arborem (ascendit, ascendere).

14 5. Lupus venit sed Sextum (terret, terrēre) non potest, quod puer est in arbore. 6. Marcus non est perterritus et lupum (repellere, repellit). 7. Sextus (descendit, descendere) non vult quod est ignavus.

15 Activity 4 – Match the opposites and give the English meanings of all words. 1.calidus/____________________ _________________/__________________ 2.puer/______________________ ________________/__________________ 3.ad/________________________ _______________/__________________ 4.temerarius/__________________ ________________/_________________

16 5.defessa/____________________ ________________/__________________ 6.ascendere/__________________ ________________/_________________ 7.currit/_____________________ ________________/__________________ 8.femina/____________________ ________________/__________________

17 Activity 5 – Complete the analogies and translate the phrases into English. 1.currit : currunt :: ____________________ : ambulant _____________________ :: ____________________ 2.audit : videt :: legit : ________________________ ______________________ :: _____________________ 3.Cornelia : Flavia :: Marcus : ____________________ ____________________ :: ______________________ 4.Flavia : amica :: Sextus : ___________________ ______________________ :: _____________________ 5.tu : te :: __________________ : arborem ______________________ :: _____________________

18 6.puella : puellae :: puer : _____________________ _____________________ :: ______________________ 7.lupus : lupum :: _________________ : rivum ______________________ :: _____________________ 8.repellit : laborat :: repellere : ____________________ _______________________ :: ____________________ 9.piscina : __________________ :: statua : statuam ______________________ :: _____________________ 10.defessa : dormit :: strenua : _____________________ _____________________ :: _____________________


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