Exploring Future Passive Participles in Latin

The video tutorial explains the concept of participles in Latin, focusing on the future passive participle, also known as the gerundive. It covers how to form these participles from verbs, their use in passive periphrastic constructions, and the distinction between gerundive and gerund. The tutorial also provides examples of gerundive phrases and discusses the necessity or obligation expressed by passive periphrastic. The importance of participles in Latin grammar is highlighted, especially for English speakers learning Latin.

Why are participles particularly important in Latin?

• They are only used in poetry.

• They are the main form of verbs.

• They are frequently used instead of subordinate clauses.

• They are used in subordinate clauses.

What is the future passive participle also known as?

• Participle

• Gerund

• Gerundive

• Infinitive

How is the future passive participle formed from the present active participle?

• Drop 'ns' and add 'undus'.

• Add 're' to the present active participle.

• Add 'ndus' to the present active participle.

• Drop 're' and add 'ns'.

Which of the following is the correct translation of 'laudandus'?

• To be warned

• To be done

• To be praised

• To be led

What is the primary use of the future passive participle in Latin?

• As a standard adjective

• In passive periphrastic constructions

• As a noun

• In active periphrastic constructions

What does the passive periphrastic construction express?

• Necessity or obligation

• Future intention

• Possibility

• Past action

In the phrase 'puella mihi laudanda est', what role does 'mihi' play?

• Subject

• Indirect object

• Direct object

• Dative of agent

How should passive periphrastics generally be translated?

• Indirectly

• Passively

• Actively

• Literally

What is the correct translation of 'cartago nobis delenda est'?

• Carthage is being destroyed by us

• We must destroy Carthage

• Carthage will be destroyed by us

• We are destroying Carthage

What is the key identifying feature of the future passive participle?

• The 'nd' ending

• The 'ns' ending

• The 're' ending

• The 'us' ending