LNM.1: Ch.5 - LF III-III: Passive Infinitive & Ablative of Agent

​The Passive Voice Con't

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​Does Pepo love the badger? Or is the badger loved by Pepo? - a lesson in verbal voice

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​What is Voice?

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​Simpler Terms: the voice of the verb is used to show if the subject is doing the action or if the action is being done to the subject by an outside force.

​What is Voice?

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• subject is verbed by someone or something else

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​Passive

• subject does the verb

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​Active

• The elephant is (being) eaten by Pepo.

• Finley is (being) carried by them.

• They are (being) known by us.

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• Pepo eats the elephant.

• They carry Finley.

• We know them.​

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​What is Voice?

• subject is verbed by someone or something else

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​Passive

• subject does the verb

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​Active

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• Cicero epistulās amat.​

• Pepōnem consumō.​

• Mama mē amat.​

• ​Pepō vōs spectat.

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• Epistulae ā Cicerone amantur.

• Pepō ā mē consumitur.

• Ā mamā amor.

• Ā Pepōne spectāminī.

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​What is Voice?

• subject is verbed by someone or something else

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​Passive

• subject does the verb

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​Active

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• I

• you

• he/she/it

• we

• y'all

• they​

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= ō/m

= s

= t

= mus

= tis

= nt​

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• I am verbed

• you are verbed

• he/she/it is verbed

• we are verbed

• y'all are verbed

• they​ are verbed

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= r

= ris

= tur

= mur

= minī

= ntur

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​Verbal Review!

What do you remember? ​

Multiple Choice

What voice is it?

teneor

• active

• passive

Multiple Choice

What voice is it?

dāris

• active

• passive

Multiple Choice

What voice is it?

parāmur

• active

• passive

Multiple Choice

What voice is it?

habēminī

• active

• passive

Multiple Choice

What voice is it?

habētis

• active

• passive

Multiple Choice

What voice is it?

habēmus

• active

• passive

Exercise 1, pg. 73

Have your book open to page 72 & 73 for a quick reference!

Identify the person and number of the active verb and then change it into the passive voice form.

Example: tenēs

• 2nd person, singular: tenēris

Open Ended

vident

Open Ended

vocat

Open Ended

iubēmus

Open Ended

cūrātis

Open Ended

amō

Open Ended

dēbent

Open Ended

dās

Open Ended

exspectat

Exercise 3, pg. 74

Have your book open to page 72 & 73 for a quick reference!

Here's our modified exercise from the book: choose the best translation for the sentence.

Multiple Choice

Epistula Terentiae ā Cicerōne tenētur.

• Terentia's letter is being held by Cicero.

• Cicero is holding Terentia's letter.

• The letter of Terentia is feared Cicero.

• Cicero fears the letter of Terentia.

Multiple Choice

Cicerō est miser et Terentia est misera.

• Cicero is sad and Terentia is sad.

• Cicero is being sad and Terentia is being mad.

• Miserable Cicero is sad at Terentia.

• Cicero and Terentia are both wretched.

Multiple Choice

Bona cōnsilia ā bonīs virīs parantur.

• Good plans are being prepared by good men.

• Good men are preparing good plans.

• A good plan is made by a good man.

• A good man makes a good plan.

Multiple Choice

Tū et amīcī ā parentibus vocāminī.

• You and your friends are being summoned by your parents.

• The parents call your friends.

• Your parents summon you and your friends.

• The parents are being summoned by you and your friends.

Multiple Choice

Ā fīliā nautae videor.

• I am seen by the sailor's daughter.

• The sailor's daughter sees me.

• I see the sailor's daughter.

• The sailor's daughter is seen by me.

​What is Voice?

• subject is verbed by someone or something else

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​Passive

• subject does the verb

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​Active

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• I

• you

• he/she/it

• we

• y'all

• they​

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• I am verbed

• you are verbed

• he/she/it is verbed

• we are verbed

• y'all are verbed

• they​ are verbed

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= r

= ris

= tur

= mur

= minī

= ntur

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= ō/m

= s

= t

= mus

= tis

= nt​

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What about Infinitives?

• subject is verbed by someone or something else

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​Passive

• subject does the verb

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​Active

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• amāre

• vidēre

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• amārī

• vidērī

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= to be loved

= to be seen

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= to love

= to see

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What about Infinitives?

• subject is verbed by someone or something else

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​Passive

• subject does the verb

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​Active

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• amāre

• vidēre

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• amārī

• vidērī

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= to be loved

= to be seen

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= to love

= to see

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​Pepō ā omnibus amārī dēbet.

Fabulam narrārī cupiō.

This is the name given to the "by so and so" phrase that shows up in passive sentences. It has some rules:

1. It is only used in the passive voice,

2. It is introduced by the preposition ā/ab + ablative form words

3. It is only used for a person (or thing given human qualities)

The Three Ps: Passive, Preposition, Person

The Ablative of Agent

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The Ablative of Agent

This is the name given to the "by so and so" phrase that shows up in passive sentences. It has some rules:

1. It is only used in the passive voice,

2. It is introduced by the preposition ā/ab + ablative form words

3. It is only used for a person (or thing given human qualities)

The Three Ps: Passive, Preposition, Person

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​Pepō ā omnibus amārī dēbet.

Fabulam narrārī cupiō.