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Gerunds!

Gerunds!. just like gerundives. . .but different no, really. What are Gerunds?. Gerunds are verbal nouns (like infinitives). They are made from verbs but function as nouns ( nounally ). Only have 4 forms: genitive, dative, accusative, & ablative – all neuter, singular. How to form Gerunds.

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Gerunds!

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  1. Gerunds! just like gerundives. . .but different no, really

  2. What are Gerunds? • Gerunds are verbal nouns (like infinitives). • They are made from verbs but function as nouns (nounally). • Only have 4 forms: genitive, dative, accusative, & ablative – all neuter, singular

  3. How to form Gerunds • just like gerundives, but different  • No, really • Present stem + nd + 2nd decl. neuter endings • Do that “ie” thing for io verbs • Deponent verbs form gerunds the same way

  4. How to Translate Gerunds • Just like gerundives, but different • No, really • + “ing” • Like the gerundives we did in Stage 39, but not like Gerundives of Obligation (Passive Periphrastic)

  5. How to Tell Gerunds from Gerundives • Just like gerundives. . . • Gerundives are adjectives, so they agree with a noun in case, #, and gender • Gerunds are nouns themselves, also they are only singular, neuter, and an oblique case

  6. Exempla • piratīsestnullaoccasiofugiendī. • There is no opportunity of fleeing for the pirates. The pirates have no opportunity to flee. • Salvius ad querendumsurrēxit. • Salvius got up to complain (for the purpose of complaining). • adventumdiscipulorumrespiciendōnōnagnoscit. • He did not acknowledge the arrival of the student by looking up.

  7. Plus Exemplorum • amīcītuī ad iuvandumvēnērunt. • Your friends came to help. • docendōdiscimus. • We learn by teaching. • Modestushabetamoremlegendī. • Modestus has a love of reading. (loves to read) • milites ad pugnandumīnstructīerant. • The soldiers had been drawn up to fight.

  8. Etiam Plus Exemplorum • estpiratīsnūllaspēsincendiīexstīnguendī. • There is no hope for the pirates to put out the fire. • haruspicēsvictimīsīnspiciendīsvērumcognōscunt. • The soothsayers learn the truth by inspecting the victims. • fures ad pecuniamcapiendama senatoribus ad urbemcontendebant. • The thieves were hurrying to the city to take the money from the senators.

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