Practice: Infinitives and Indirect Statement

Practice: Infinitives and Indirect Statement Translate the following infinitives into English. nesciri nuntiavisse credi putatum esse speraturos esse pepulisse recipi risum esse quaesiturum esse relinqui

Add eum expulsum esse to the following verbs and translate: Aiunt Nescivi Narrabunt Putaverant

Add se amicum suum non expulsurum esse to the following verbs and translate: Ait Nuntiabat Dicet Exspectaverat

Exercise in Indirect Statement: The Myth of Horace And The “Bore” Convert the following sentences which have been phrased in the way that Latin expresses Indirect Statement into the way English expresses Indirect Statement. EXAMPLE:

I think I think (that)

1.

I notice

it to be a beautiful day. | | it is a beautiful day. the sun |

to be shining |

bright.

I notice (that) 2.

I decide

3.

I hoped

4.

But I saw

bright.

myself to be about to take a walk down the Via Sacra in Rome. | | I decide (that) a walk down the Via Sacra in Rome. no one to be about to bother me. | | I hoped (that) ______ _________________ me. someone |

to be coming |

But I saw (that) 5.

He said

up to me. himself |

to have seen |

He said (that) 6.

I said

me from across the street. me from across the street.

myself |

to have been sent |

I said (that) 7.

He said

I decide

by a friend on important business. by a friend on important business.

himself |

to be about to walk |

He said (that) 8.

up to me.

with me. with me.

myself |

to be despised |

I decide (that) 9.

I vow I vow (that)

by the gods. by the gods.

Apollo’s temple |

to be about to be visited |

by me more often. by me more often.

[Convert the Indirect Statement above into the active voice expressing a sense of obligation.]

Now convert the following sentences which have been phrased in the way that English expresses Indirect Statement into the way Latin expresses Indirect Statement. 10.

The bore says that

he |

knows |

me from my books.

The bore says 11.

12.

me from my books.

And he claims that his friends | And he claims He announces that

have read |

everything I’ve ever written. everything I’ve ever written.

he |

will tell |

me all their opinions.

He announces 13.

me all their opinions.

I told him that

I |

was going |

all the way across town.

I told him 14.

He said that

all the way across town. he |

would go |

with me all the way across town.

He said 15.

He proclaimed that

with me all the way across town. we |

had met |

before at a trial.

He proclaimed 16.

before at a trial.

And then a stranger runs up and says that

the bore |

is being called |

And then a stranger runs up and says 17.

The stranger reminded the bore that

to court. he |

was being sued |

The stranger reminded the bore 18.

19.

20.

I know that he | I know

will request |

to court.

by the stranger. by the stranger.

that

I |

appear |

as a character witness. as a character witness.

I escaped after the judge announced that the trial | I escaped after the judge announced

had been begun. |

I promise Apollo that

him for this kindness.

I promise Apollo

I |

will thank |

.

him for this kindness.