Ch 39 Gerunds and Gerundives Kennedy discovers the

Ch 39: Gerunds and Gerundives Kennedy discovers the Gerund and leads it back into captivity. A Gerund chases some pronouns.

Verbal Nouns in Latin In Latin, there are three types of verbal nouns. Infinitives (“to verb”) Supines (“to verb”) Gerunds (“verbing”)

Gerunds A gerund is a verbal noun that is typically translated as “verbing”. Although it ends in “-ing”, it is not a participle because it does not modify another noun. Watch out for the running man! Man, I really love running! Participle! Gerund!

Gerunds Forming gerunds is as easy as knowing how to form the gerundive. Remember, a gerundive was the future passive participle that ended in ndus, nda, ndum. Active Passive Present amans, ntis __________ Past (Perfect) __________ amatus, a, um Future amaturus, ura, urum amandus, a, um

Forming the Gerundive / Gerund To form the Gerundive, simply take the Present Stem from a verb and add “ndus, a, um” onto it. cf. Amanda, Miranda and agenda (A good way to remember the ending is from the word gerundive) Note that since the Gerundive is an adjective, it exists in all 3 genders, but the gerund (a noun) only exists in one gender: the neuter To form the gerund from the gerundive, just use the 2 nd decl. neuter singular endings!

Gerunds The Gerund of amō, amāre, amāvī, amātum Nom. amāre to love Gen. amāndī of loving Dat. amāndō to/for loving Acc. amāndum loving Abl. amāndō by loving

Gerunds Things to note about the formation of Gerunds: Inf. used as nom. = Subjective Inf. 1. There is no nominative gerund. The form is fulfilled by the present active infinitive. 2. These are the only forms of gerunds. They do not have different masculine or feminine forms. 3. There are no plurals. Nom. amāre to love Gen. amāndī of loving Dat. amāndō to/for loving Acc. amāndum loving amāndō by loving Abl.

Using Gerunds A gerund is used in the same fashion as a normal noun. Therefore, it can serve any syntactical function (direct object, abl. of means, objective gen. , etc. ) They are always active and can take direct objects. Habeo amorem scrībendī. I have a love of writing. Discimus legendo libros. We learn by reading books. Obj. Gen. Acc. D. O. (of Gerund) Abl. Of Means

Using Gerunds for Purpose causā and grātiā take the gerund in the genitive to express purpose. gerund is always placed before (i. e. , “preceding”) causā and grātiā are both translated as “for the sake of…” Rōmam vēnī multa videndī causā. I came to Rome for the sake of seeing many things.

Using Gerunds for Purpose ad can be used with a gerund in the accusative to express purpose. In this construction, the gerund is usually placed after ad. ad is translated as “for the purpose of…” Arma cēpit ad pugnandum. He took up arms for the purpose of fighting.

Gerundives We have already seen gerundives and have learned that they should be translated as “ought to be verbed” or “must be verbed”. With a form of sum, the gerundive is used in the Passive Periphrastic: Id nobis faciendum est. It must be done by us. It ought to be done by us. Remember: we use a DATIVE of Agent with a Pass. Periph.

Transforming to Gerundives What often happens is when the gerund takes noun in accusative, the Roman put the noun in case in which the gerund would be and use a gerundive A: Studium legendi libros B: studium librorum legendorum A: Libros legendo operam dat B: Libris legendis operam dat. However, the difference between this usage and the use of a gerund is that the gerundive modifies a noun and the gerund stands alone.

Exempli Gratia: Rōmam vēnī matrem videndī causā. I came to Rome for the sake of seeing (my) mother. Rōmam vēnī matris videndae causā. I came to Rome for the sake of seeing (my) mother. Arma cēpit ad pugnandum hostes. He took up arms for the purpose of fighting the enemy. Arma cēpit ad pugnandos hostes. He took up arms for the purpose of fighting the enemy.

Gerunds vs. Gerundives Therefore, the basic difference between gerunds and gerundives is that. . GERUNDIVES MODIFY A NOUN BUT GERUNDS STAND ALONE

Expressing Purpose in Latin: We now know several ways to express PURPOSE in Latin: Purpose Clause: with ut/ne + Subjunctive Rōmam venio ut matrem videam. Supine: Acc. of Supine with a verb of motion Rōmam venio matrem visum. Gerund/Gerundive: with causā, grātiā, and ad Rōmam vēnī matrem videndī causā. Rōmam vēnī matris videndae causā

Ch 40: Potpourri: Questions, Fear Clauses, Gen. /Abl. of Description

Direct Questions We have seen a couple ways that Romans could ask direct questions: - interrogative pronouns (quis, quid) - other interrogative words (cur, ubi, etc) - adding –ne to the first word in a question These have no expectation of a specific answer! We can also ask leading questions in Latin by using the particles Nonne and Num.

Ne, Nonne and Num The enclitic –ne marks a question of unexpected/indefinite answer If the speaker expects an answer of yes, nonne will be used. If an answer of no is expected, num. Nonne illum virum vidisti? You saw that man, didn’t you? Num illum virum vidisti? You didn’t see that man, did you? Vidistine illum virum. Did you see that man?

Some other Interrogative Words Meanings quis, quid who, what? quī, quae, quod what _______, which? cūr Why? quārē Why? ubi when/ where? unde Whence? quō Whither? quam How? quot how many? uter, utra, utrum which one (of two)?

Fear Clauses - Remember: Dependent Subjunctives use the Sequence of Tenses: With Primary Tenses (Pres. , Fut. ) With Secondary Tenses (Pf. , Impf. , Plupf. ) Same Time OR After Main Verb Before Main Verb (Past Time) Present Subj. Perfect Subj. Imperfect Subj. Pluperfect Subj.

Fear clauses If you’re afraid of something, it can function as a direct object. ex: I fear the dog. - Timeo canem. However, if you’re afraid that something will happen, that action is a fear clause. ex: I fear that none of you will study. This is hypothetical right? So what will we use? A SUBJUNCTIVE!

Fear Clause Formula Verb of Fearing + ut/nē + Subjunctive Verb Use the ut when you’re afraid something will NOT happen (and thus you want it to happen!) Use nē when you’re afraid something will happen (and thus you don’t want it to happen!) So, it’s essentially opposite what you would normally expect of ut/nē in the other subjunctive clauses we’ve seen

Translating and Exempla: In fearing clauses, translate: ut – “that…not” ne – “that” or “lest” Remember: opposite of what you’d expect! For the subjunctive verbs: use auxiliaries: “will” / “may” – or – “would” / “might” Prim. Seq. Timeo ut ille veniat. Timeo ne ille veniat. Sec. Seq.

Genitive and Ablative of Description A noun in either the genitive or ablative can be used to describe the characteristics of another noun. NB: there must be an adjective with the gen. /abl. phrase While both can express character/quality/size, generally the ablative was used to denote physical characteristics.

Translate: “of…” (in either case) – or – “with” (abl. only) You’ve done this for months! Femina magnae sapientiae. Miles firma manu. Vir summa virtute et humanitate.

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