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Imperative VerbsSlide2
Imperative verbs are used to issue commands.
Imperatives can be:
Positive – commanding someone
to
do something
Negative – commanding someone
not
to do something
Singular – commanding only one person
Plural – commanding two or more peopleSlide3
To make a POSITIVE SINGULAR imperative….Slide4
Take the infinitive of a word and drop the –re
ambulare
sedere
ascendere
conspicere
audireSlide5
Take the infinitive of a word and drop the –re
ambula
re
sede
re
ascende
re
conspice
re
audi
reSlide6
Take the infinitive of a word and drop the –re
ambula
re
sede
re
ascende
re
conspice
re
audi
reSlide7
Take the infinitive of a word and drop the –re
ambula
sede
ascende
conspice
audiSlide8
This translates as:
ambula
– [You] walk
sede
– [You] sit
ascende
– [You] climb
conspice
– [You] catch sight of
audi
– [You] hearSlide9
To make a POSITIVE PLURAL imperative….Slide10
Take the infinitive of a word and drop the –re
ambulare
sedere
ascendere
conspicere
audireSlide11
Take the infinitive of a word and drop the –re
ambula
re
sede
re
ascende
re
conspice
re
audi
reSlide12
Take the infinitive of a word and drop the –re
ambula
re
sede
re
ascende
re
conspice
re
audi
reSlide13
Take the infinitive of a word and drop the –re
ambula
sede
ascende
conspice
audiSlide14
THEN add a –
te
onto the end of the word
ambula
sede
ascende
conspice
audiSlide15
THEN add a –
te
onto the end of the word
ambulate
sedete
ascendite
conspicite
auditeSlide16
This translates as:
ambulate – [You all] walk
sedete
– [You all] sit
ascendite
– [You all] climb
conspicite
– [You all] catch sight of
audite
– [You all] hearSlide17
To make a NEGATIVE SINGULAR imperative….Slide18
Take the infinitive of a word and place the word “
noli
” in front of it
ambulare
sedere
ascendere
conspicere
audireSlide19
Take the infinitive of a word and place the word “
noli
” in front of it
noli
ambulare
noli
sedere
noli
ascendere
noli
conspicere
noli
audireSlide20
This translates LITERALLY as:
noli
ambulare
– [You] refuse to walk
noli
sedere
– [You] refuse to sit
noli
ascendere
– [You] refuse to climb
noli
conspicere
–
[You] refuse to catch sight of
noli
audire
– [You] refuse to hearSlide21
But can also be translated as:
noli
ambulare
– [You] do not walk
noli
sedere
– [You] do not sit
noli
ascendere
– [You] do not climb
noli
conspicere
– [You] do not catch sight of
noli
audire
– [You] do not hearSlide22
To make a NEGATIVE PLURAL imperative….Slide23
Take the infinitive of a word and place the word “
nolite
” in front of it
ambulare
sedere
ascendere
conspicere
audireSlide24
Take the infinitive of a word and place the word “
nolite
” in front of it
nolite
ambulare
nolite
sedere
nolite
ascendere
nolite
conspicere
nolite
audireSlide25
This translates LITERALLY as:
nolite
ambulare
– [You all] refuse to walk
nolite
sedere
– [You all] refuse to sit
nolite
ascendere
– [You all] refuse to climb
nolite
conspicere
–
[You all] refuse to catch sight of
nolite
audire
– [You all] refuse to hearSlide26
But can also be translated as:
nolite
ambulare
– [You all] do not walk
nolite
sedere
– [You all] do not sit
nolite
ascendere
– [You all] do not climb
nolite
conspicere
–
[You all] do not catch sight of
nolite
audire
– [You all] do not hearSlide27
Now let’s practice!Slide28
Translate into Latin: “Run, Cornelia!”Slide29
Translate into Latin: “Run, Cornelia!”
“
Curre
, Cornelia!”Slide30
Translate into English: “
Noli
dormire
!”Slide31
Translate into English: “
Noli
dormire
!”
“Refuse to sleep!”
o
r “Do not sleep!”Slide32
What is the positive plural imperative of
laborare
?Slide33
What is the positive plural imperative of
laborare
?
LaborateSlide34
What is the positive plural imperative of
laborare
?
Laborate
Translate into EnglishSlide35
What is the positive plural imperative of
laborare
?
Laborate
Translate into English
[You all] work!Slide36
Would you use an imperative verb to…
Command someone to do something?
OR
Command someone NOT to do something?Slide37
Would you use an imperative verb to…
Command someone to do something?
OR
Command someone NOT to do something?
Both – you can use both positive and negative imperative verbsSlide38
What is the positive plural imperative of the verb
descendere
?Slide39
What is the positive plural imperative of the verb
descendere
?
Descendite
!Slide40
What is the positive plural imperative of the verb
descendere
?
Descendite
!
The negative plural imperative?Slide41
What is the positive plural imperative of the verb
descendere
?
Descendite
!
The negative plural imperative?
Nolite
descendere
!