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Imperatives & Vocative Case

Imperatives & Vocative Case. December 12, 2011 Latin II. What are Imperatives?. Imperative is used in commands. Singular: Formed by dropping –re from 2 nd principal part of verb. Plural: Formed by dropping –re from 2 nd principal part of verb and adding – te . . Examples.

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Imperatives & Vocative Case

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  1. Imperatives & Vocative Case December 12, 2011 Latin II

  2. What are Imperatives? • Imperative is used in commands. • Singular: Formed by dropping –re from 2nd principal part of verb. • Plural: Formed by dropping –re from 2nd principal part of verb and adding –te.

  3. Examples • porto, portare, portavi • Imperative: porta, portate • pendeo, pendere, pependi • Imperative: pende, pendete • consido, considere, consedi • Imperative: conside, considite • audio, audire, audivi • Imperative: audi, audite

  4. What is Vocative Case? • When you speak directly to some one (when you address them). • Singular: When you’re talking to one person. • Plural: When you’re talking to more than one person. • Has the same form as nominative case (both singular and plural) • EXCEPTION: 2nddeclinsion nouns that end in –us form vocative singular by dropping –us and adding –e. Names that end in –ius, drop –ius, add long i

  5. Examples • Slave! -- serve! Slaves! -- servi! • Girl! -- puella! Girls! -- puellae! • Son! -- fili! (PLURAL: filius -> fili) • Guard! -- custos! Guards! -- custodes! Class!

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