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Imperatives and Vocatives. How to tell people what to do and make sure they know you’re talking to them. Marcus dormit . Marcus dormit . Marcus prope arborem dormit . Marce ! noli dormire !. Marce ! surge!. Marcus surgit . Marcus surgit . Lucius quoque dormit . - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Imperatives and Vocatives
How to tell people what to do and make sure they know you’re talking
to them.
Marcus dormit.
Marcus dormit.
Marcus prope arborem dormit.
Marce! noli dormire!
Marce! surge!
Marcus surgit.
Marcus surgit.
Lucius quoque dormit.
Marce, Lucium excita.
Marcus Lucium non excitat.
Luci! noli dormire!
Luci! surge!
Lucius surgit.
Marcus et Lucius exspectant.
sed.. cur vos excitabam?
nescio.
Marce! Luci! dormite!
Marce et Luci! nolite narratorem petere!
Marce et Luci! nolite narratorem petere!
eheu.
To make a singular imperative (command):
Infinitive – “re”e.g. laborare – “re”= labora!
e.g. docēre – “re”= doce!e.g. surgere – “re”= surge! e.g. dormire – “re”= dormi!
To make a plural imperative (command):
Singular Command + “te”e.g. labora + “te”= laborate!
e.g. doce + “te”= docete!e.g. surge + “te”= surgite!
e.g. dormi + “te”= dormite!
Negative Commands:
“noli” = “don’t” singular“nolite” = “don’t” plural
Add an infinitive to make the command:
e.g. noli dormire = “don’t sleep”e.g. nolite petere = “don’t attack”
Vocative:To get someone’s attention.
All nouns use the nominative formexcept 2nd Declension Singular
So…If the noun ends in “-us” then
replace it with “-e”If the noun ends in “-ius” then
remove the “-us”
Vocative:e.g. Marcus – “us” + “e”= Marce
e.g. Lucius – “us” = Luci
as in “heus, Marce, da mihi cibum!”or “heus, Luci, da mihi pecuniam!”
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