- How do you know if its a gerund or a gerundive?
- What is the passive of facio?
- How do you find the gerundive in Latin?
How do you know if its a gerund or a gerundive?
There are four important rules to remember in this chapter: (1) Gerunds are verbal nouns; gerundives are verbal adjectives. (2) Gerunds and gerundives are formed like future passive participles. (3) Where English will use a gerund followed by an object, Latin will use a gerundive modifying a noun.
What is the passive of facio?
The passive of faciō is fīō, fiĕrī, factus sum (be made or become).
How do you find the gerundive in Latin?
The gerundive is formed by removing the '-m' from the gerund and adding '-s'. The gerundive has the same endings as a Group 1 and 2 adjective, such as 'bonus, -a, -um', and is usually translated into English with the words 'to be' followed by the past participle.