Salvēte omnēs! Welcome back to Latin for Wikiversity. Last time we learned about the imperfect subjunctive for regular and irregular verbs. Today, we'll see how to make these forms passive - that is, when the action is being done to someone or something.
New Grammar
The good news is that passive forms in the imperfect subjunctive follow a very simple pattern! Just take the active form and change the endings like this:
| Person |
Singular |
Plural
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| 1st |
-r |
-mur
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| 2nd |
-ris |
-minī
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| 3rd |
-tur |
-ntur
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For example, with amāre (to be loved):
| Person |
Singular |
Plural
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| 1st |
amārer |
amārēmur
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| 2nd |
amārēris |
amārēminī
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| 3rd |
amārētur |
amārentur
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Verbs in This Lesson
| Latin
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English
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Audio (Classical)
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Notes
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| amō, amāre, amāvī |
love |
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amārer = I would be loved
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| dūcō, dūcere, dūxī |
lead |
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dūcerer = I would be led
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| doceō, docēre, docuī |
teach |
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docērer = I would be taught
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New Words
| Latin
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English
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Audio (Classical)
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Notes
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| semper |
always |
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| bene |
well |
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New Sentences
| Latin
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English
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Notes
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| Utinam amārer! |
If only I were loved! |
Simple wish
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| Sī bene docērēris! |
If you were taught well! |
With adverb
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| Utinam ā magistrō docērētur! |
If only he were taught by the teacher! |
With agent
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| Sī ad scholam dūcerēmur! |
If we were being led to school! |
With direction
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| Utinam semper amārēminī! |
If only you all were always loved! |
With time word
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| Sī ā parentibus docērentur! |
If they were taught by their parents! |
With agent
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| Utinam nōn dūcerer! |
If only I weren't being led! |
Negative wish
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| Sī linguam Latīnam docērēmur! |
If we were taught Latin! |
With direct object
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Practice
| Practice and learn the words and phrases in this lesson
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| Step one |
First learn the words using this lesson:
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| Step two |
Next try learning and writing the sentences using this:
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Note that the Memrise stage covers the content for all lessons in each stage.
If you are skipping previous stages you may need to manually "ignore" the words in previous levels (use the 'select all' function)
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In our next lesson, we'll practice using these forms in more complex sentences. Until then, utinam bene docērēminī! (If only you all were well taught!)