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1 Indirect Statement!!! What do we remember??

2 Indirect Statement Basics!!! I think that Jon Bon Jovi is awesome.

3 O.K., these are really the basics!
Triggered by “head” verbs e.g. “thinking, perceiving, knowing, saying, hearing, feeling, realizing, knowing, hoping, etc.” Direct Statement: Jon Bon Jovi is awesome. Indirect Statement: I think THAT Jon Bon Jovi is awesome. Subject is in the ACCUSATIVE CASE Verb is an INFINITIVE; it must agree with the accusative subject.

4 Practice… DIRECT STATEMENT: Jon Bongiovi est optimus.
INDIRECT STATEMENT: putō Jon Bongiovum esse optimum. Translate the following indirect statements. dīcis sōlem occidere. scio matrem venīre. 3. putant vōs vocare mē. What happens when the infinitive is in another tense??

5 When tenses of the infinitive change…
Tense of the infinitive: indicates the action of the ind. state. takes place BEFORE, at the SAME TIME as, or AFTER the verb that triggers it i.e. the “head” verb. PRESENT = at the Same Time PERFECT = Before FUTURE = After dīcis solem iam occidisse. dīcis solem occidere. dīcis solem occasurum esse. sciēbam mātrem ventūram esse. putābam virōs vocatōs esse.


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