Infinitiva

Salvē! Quid agis hodiē?

• Optimē! 😀

• Bene! 🙂

• Mediocriter. 😐

• Male . . . 😒

• Pessimē! 😢

Answer explanation

"Quid agis?" literally means "what are you doing?" To the Romans, though, that was the same as "how."

Other expressions for the same thing include:

"Quōmodo valēs?"

"Quōmodo tē habēs?"

"Ut valēs?"

You can translate the infinitive form of every verb as . . .

• to verb

• I verb

• verbed

• I verbed

• no one verbs

In Latin, all infinitives end in . . .

• -re

• -āre

• -ō

• -tus

• -ī

Based on the previous two questions, the Latin word dormīre should mean . . .

• to sleep

• I sleep

• slept

• sleeping

• perchance to dream

Whereas if I wanted the Latin for "to see," it would be . . .

• vidēre

• vīdī

• videō

• vīsus

• vidēns

Match the following infinitive endings to their conjugations.

• I

• -ēre

• V / sum

• -āre

• IV

• esse

• II

• -ere

• III

• -īre

Usually, an infinitive is triggered by a main verb.

Match the following infinitive-friendly verbs to their meanings.

• to try

• nōlō

• to not want to

• volō

• to dare

• audeō

• to want to

• temptō

• to be accustomed to

• soleō

There's a few more to match!

• to fear

• timeō

• to be able to

• possum

• to have to, to must, to ought to

• cupiō

• to desire

• dēbeō

Now, a quick review. In quō cāsū (= in what case) est subiectum?

• in cāsū nōmīnātīvō

• in cāsū accūsātīvō

• in cāsū ablātīvō

Now, a quick review. In quō cāsū (= in what case) est obiectum dīrectum?

• in cāsū nōmīnātīvō

• in cāsū accūsātīvō

• in cāsū ablātīvō