Grammar Review
Fill in the blanks:
Definition: An “ablative absolute” consists of a ____________ and ____________, both of which are in the ___________ case.
noun, participle, ablative
regebam
I was ruling
Exercitum parābāmus ut dēlērēris.
exercitum- army
deleris- destroy
We prepare an army so that you might be destroyed
Ovidius scribit Icarum altius volaturum esse.
Indirect Statement
Which 2 things do you need to make a purpose clause?
Ut/Ne and a subjunctive
Rexisse
To have ruled
Mē discēdente, rēx gaudet.
discendente- to depart
gaudet- to rejoice
with me departing, the king rejoiced
Mūsicus puellae canēbat ut amōrem suum ostenderet.
Purpose clause
What 3 things do you need to make an indirect statement?
Voth, accusative subject, infinitive
recturus, a, um
going to rule
Putābās Rufinam fābulās eīs nārrāvisse.
You were thinking that Rufina had told a story to him.
Pecuniam in foro, amissam a nostram matre, invenire non poteramus.
Participial phrase
Give the correct “time action” for each of the following infinitives:
Present
Perfect
Future
Same
Previous
Subsequent
rectus eram
I had been ruled
Ā vōbīs invāsūrīs fugiam.
I will flee from y'all, about to invade.
Alexander, spectans Celerem in via, stabat a Gisconis taberna.
Participial Phrase
Addendum #1: Because the verb esse has neither a present nor perfect participle, sometimes a _________ and an ___________ or 2 ___________ s may comprise the AA.
Noun, adjective, noun
regete!
Rule!
Bellum gerō nē pīrātam vincātis.
I am waging war lest we expel the pirates
Sōrānō cōnspectō, fēmina maximē gāvīsa est, et iuvenem laetissimē salūtāvit.
Ablative absolute