Ablative Absolutes

How do you translate PAP?

• verbed
• Having been verbed
• Verbing
• about to verb

How do you translate PPP?

• verbed, Having been verbed
• having verbed
• Verbing
• about to verb

How do you translate FAP?

• verbed, Having been verbed
• having verbed
• Verbing
• about to verb

What is amaturī?

• FAP
• PPP
• PAP

What is amantī?

• FAP

• PPP

• PAP

What is amatī?

• FAP

• PPP

• PAP

what is NOT a way you recognize an ablative absolute?

• words in the ablative case

• preposition introduction- Using "cum"

• contains the word ab

• set off by commas

What is an ablative absolute?

• phrase that indicates how or why
• phrase that indicates purpose (with ut)
• phrase that indicates when or where (with cum)
• phrase that indicates the time or circumstance of an action

Roma visa, milites gaudebant

• The soldiers rejoiced, because Rome was seen.

• With the soldiers having rejoiced, they could see Rome.

• With Rome having been seen, the soldiers rejoiced.

• Seeing Rome, the soldiers rejoiced.

With these things having been done,....

• cum eis rebus factis
• eis rebus factis
• eis rebus facientis
• eis rebus facturis