Castor Posted February 24, 2006 Report Share Posted February 24, 2006 I was just wondering if anyone knows how to form the passive periphrastic. I'm in Latin 1 so my text book doesn't have it and the internet sites I've visited aren't very straight forward and kinda confusing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLavius Valerius Constantinus Posted February 24, 2006 Report Share Posted February 24, 2006 I know how form it, but right now, you're in Latin one which means you are nowhere near the gerundives...so don't bother trying now because you have't learned the other necessaries yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Calpurnius Capitolinus Posted February 24, 2006 Report Share Posted February 24, 2006 (edited) Read Horace's Ode to Cleopatra. He begins with the passive periphrastic: Nunc est bibendum! - Now it must be drunk! They are really quite simple. Take the present stem + ndus, nda, ndum couple it with a form of esse (make sure it agrees in Gender Number and Case) and put the obliged in the dative. Haec lingua tibi discenda est. This language must be learned by you. That said, don't worry about it, you are only in Latin 1. Spend your energy memorizing your principal parts and your endings. Edited February 25, 2006 by Lucius Calpurnius Capitolinus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Castor Posted February 25, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2006 Principle parts and endings are easy Thanks You! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
julieboy Posted May 16, 2006 Report Share Posted May 16, 2006 Its similar to the way the gerund is formed in Spanish Hablar:to speak Hablando:speaking Comer:toeat Comiendo: eating Vivir:to live Viviendo:living Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docoflove1974 Posted May 16, 2006 Report Share Posted May 16, 2006 Its similar to the way the gerund is formed in Spanish Hablar:to speak Hablando:speaking Comer:toeat Comiendo: eating Vivir:to live Viviendo:living Not even slightly. Hablando/Comiendo/Viviendo are present participles, and are used in progressive constructions. There is nothing remotely passive about them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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