Transcript Lesson 34
Lesson 34
Present Passive Infinitives
Feb. 18-21, 2014
All About Infinitives
• Infinitives are verb forms that are translated
with the word “to….”
All About Infinitives
• There are 3 tenses of infinitives: present,
perfect, and future.
• Each tense has 2 voices: active and passive.
Present Active Infinitive
• You learned the present active infinitive in
Latin I.
• The present active infinitive is the 2nd
principal part of the verb…the one that ends
in –re.
• It’s translated “to (verb).”
Present Active Infinitive
• amo, amare, amavi,
amatus
• doceo, docere, docui,
doctus
• mitto, mittere, misi,
missus
• capio, capere, cepi,
captus
• audio, audire, audivi,
auditus
• To love
• To teach
• To send
• To capture
• To hear
Present Passive Infinitives
Now it’s time to learn the present
passive infinitive. It’s easy!
Just change the final –e to an –i.
The English translation is to be
verbed:
amari: to be loved
doceri: to be taught
audiri: to be heard
Present Passive Infinitives
The only verbs that DO NOT follow that
simple rule are 3rd and 3rd –io
conjugation. Remember that they
always cause trouble and do things a
little differently…
These are the –o (-io)/–ere verbs,
like these:
pono, ponere capio, capere
duco, ducere
Present Passive Infinitives
Instead of changing the –re to –ri, 3rd
/3rd –io conjugation verbs go nuts and
chop off their ENTIRE -ere, then
replace it with just an –i!
ducere: to lead capere: to take
duci: to be led
capi: to be taken
ponere: to place
poni: to be placed
Present Passive Infinitive
• amo, amare, amavi,
amatus
• doceo, docere, docui,
doctus
• mitto, mittere, misi,
missus
• capio, capere, cepi,
captus
• audio, audire, audivi,
auditus
• AMARI: to be loved
• DOCERI: to be taught
• MITTI: to be sent
• CAPI: to be captured
• AUDIRI: to be heard
What an Infinitive Chart Looks Like:
• ACTIVE
• Present
amare to love
• PASSIVE
amari to be loved
• Perfect
amavisse
to have loved
amatus esse to have been
loved
• Future
amaturus esse
to be about to love
amatum iri to be about to
be loved