Expertlatin
- What is the difference between active participle and passive participle?
- What are the functions of participles?
- What is an example of a participle verbal?
- What are present participle active verbs?
What is the difference between active participle and passive participle?
The active participle has a present tense meaning: Active: The man saw the running horse / Vir equum currentem vidit. The passive participle has a past tense meaning: Passive: The man saw the captured slave / Vir virum captum vidit.
What are the functions of participles?
A participle is a verbal, or a word based off of a verb that expresses a state of being, ending in -ing (present tense) or -ed, -en, -d, -t, -n, or -ne (past tense) that functions as an adjective. This means it needs to modify (or describe) a noun or a pronoun.
What is an example of a participle verbal?
A participle is the present progressive tense (-ing) or the past tense (-ed) of a verb used as an adjective. EXAMPLES: The crying baby reached for his mother. Here, crying (a form of the verb to cry) is an adjective describing the noun baby. Frightened, the panicking boy jumped away from the spider.
What are present participle active verbs?
Present Active Participles express action that occurs at the same time as the action of the main verb, regardless of what tense the main verb is in: Caesar, piratas capiens, ab omnibus laudatur/laudabitur/laudabatur/laudatus est. Caesar, capturing the pirates, is/will be/was being/was praised by everybody.
