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Indirect Statement

Indirect Statement. What is indirect statement?. Direct statement: The girl loves the boy. Indirect statement: The friend says the girl loves the boy. Indirect statement formation. Look for verbs of saying, thinking, perceiving, informing, remembering, etc.

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Indirect Statement

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  1. Indirect Statement

  2. What is indirect statement? Direct statement: The girl loves the boy. Indirect statement: The friend says the girl loves the boy.

  3. Indirect statement formation • Look for verbs of saying, thinking, perceiving, informing, remembering, etc. • She said that… dico, nuntio, nego • She thought that… existimo, puto,credo • He saw that… video, cerno, sentio • He knew that… nesco, scio • She wrote that… scribo, moneo

  4. Indirect statement formation • Main verb of saying, thinking, etc. • Subject of the indirect statement goes into the accusative case • Verb of the indirect statement goes into the infinitive The boy says the girl loves him.

  5. Verb tenses • The tenses of the main verbs are absolute tenses- they refer to real time, can be any of the six tenses • The tenses of the infinitives are relative tenses- they tell when the action happened relative to the main verb • same time as main verb • Before the main verb • After the main verb

  6. Present infinitive • Action happens at the same time as the main verb = present infinitive The boy says the girl loves him. Puerpuellamamareillumdicit. The boy said the girl loved him. Puerpuellamamareillum dixit.

  7. Perfect infinitive • Action happens before the time of the main verb = perfect infinitive The boy says the girl loved him. Puerpuellamamavisseillumdicit. The boy says the girl had loved him. Puerpuellamamavisseillum dixit.

  8. Future infinitive • Action happens after the action of the main verb = future infinitive The boy says the girl will love him. Puerpuellamamaturamessedicit. The boy said the girl would love him. Puerpuellamamaturamesse dixit.

  9. 1. AjlaKylemepistulammitteredicit. 2. AjlaKylemepistulammitteredixit. 3. AjlaKylemepistulammisisse dicit. 4. AjlaKylemepistulammississe dixit. 5. AjlaKylemepistulammisurum esse dicit. 6. AjlaKylemepistulammisurum esse dixit. 7. AjlaKylemepistulammisisse dicebat. 8. AjlaKylemepistulammisurumessedicet. 9.AjlaKylemepistulammitteredixerat. 10. AjlaKylemepistulammisurumessedixerat.

  10. We learned that the Latin language was read by our fathers. • The girl wondered if these buildings were the biggest. • Caesar thought that that town had been conquered. • The leader read that the enemy was coming to attack. • They believed that Zeus was the king of the gods.

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