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Gerundives

Gerundives. Periphrastic to the Passive. Gerundives. Gerundives are actually just another participle!. Forming Gerundives. Using the present participle, take off the “-ns” and add “ ndus ”. Examples: amans = amandus videns = videndus trahens = trahendus capiens = capiendus

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Gerundives

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  1. Gerundives Periphrastic to the Passive

  2. Gerundives • Gerundives are actually just another participle!

  3. Forming Gerundives • Using the present participle, take off the “-ns” and add “ndus”. • Examples: • amans = amandus • videns = videndus • trahens = trahendus • capiens = capiendus • audiens = audiendus

  4. Passive Periphrastic • If you put a gerundive with a form of “to be” you get a passive periphrastic. • nobisdormiendumest • The “subject” of the phrase is in the dative, and the “direct object” is nominative and matched by the gerundive. • matriservipuniendisunt

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