Expertlatin
- Can deponent verbs be passive?
- What are impersonal passives examples?
- What is the rule of impersonal passive?
- What is the point of deponent verbs?
Can deponent verbs be passive?
RULE 1: Deponent verbs are passive in form but active in meaning (and expectation), with the following exceptions: 1) Active forms with active meanings: a) present active participle, e.g. loquens "speaking"; b) future active participle (and infinitive), e.g. locuturus (esse) "(to be) about to speak."
What are impersonal passives examples?
The impersonal passive: is a formal way of reporting thoughts, saying, beliefs and opinions. Examples: - People say that children are afraid of ghosts. It is said that children are afraid of ghosts. - People say that this orchestra is the best in the world.
What is the rule of impersonal passive?
The impersonal passive voice is a verb voice that decreases the valency of an intransitive verb (which has valency one) to zero. The impersonal passive deletes the subject of an intransitive verb. In place of the verb's subject, the construction instead may include a syntactic placeholder, also called a dummy.
What is the point of deponent verbs?
When a Latin verb is passive in form, but has an active meaning, it is called a deponent verb. For example: sequor, sequi, secutus sum (3) means 'to follow' and not 'to be followed'. Even though it appears to be passive, it is translated with an active meaning and can have an object following it.
