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Infinitives

Infinitives. Summary/Notes. The Infinitive is a mood of the verb. (The other moods are : indicative , imperative , and subjunctive .) Infinitives do NOT have person or number ; in other words, they are not “limited” or “finite” as to the subject of the verb.

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Infinitives

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  1. Infinitives Summary/Notes

  2. The Infinitive is a mood of the verb. (The other moods are: indicative, imperative, and subjunctive.) • Infinitives do NOT have personor number; in other words, they are not “limited” or “finite” as to the subject of the verb. • Infinitives DO have tenseand voice.

  3. The infinitive is a verbal noun. It states the nameof the actionof the verb. It is considered to be neuterin gender and singularin number; so an adjective must agree with it in that gender and number. Ex.: “To love is good” = “Amareestbonum.”

  4. The SecondPrincipal Part of a verb is its presentactiveinfinitive. • There are sixinfinitive forms for all regular verbs. Some irregular or intransitive verbs have fewer than this.

  5. How to form the infinitives

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