1. Agenda diēs Veneris, a.d. iv Kal. Oct. A.D. MMXVIII
HW Check: worksheet 11
Do Now: work on evens from III & IV of worksheet 11
Review Worksheet 11 (Future Perfect Tense & Verb Review)
Yes/No Questions – Notes & Practice
Introduction to the Passive Voice (if time)
Pensum:
Annotate Translation #2 (left side copy)
Vocab. List #3 Quiz Monday
Latin MS8
Mr. Finnigan
Boston Latin School

2. Interrogative Particles: nōnne & num
Questions in Latin
Interrogative Particles: nōnne & num

3. Interrogative Particles
Review: How does Latin express questions which expect a yes/no answer?
By adding the enclitic –ne to the end of the first word of the sentence
Latin has specific ways to ask questions that expect either a ‘yes’ or a ‘no’ answer

4. Interrogative Particles 1: nōnne
Questions expecting a ‘YES’ answer:
Add nōnne to the beginning of the sentence
nōnne = nōn + ne
E.G.:
Nōnne puella pulchra est?
Isn’t the girl beautful?
The girl is beautiful, isn’t she?
Nōnne Germānōs ferōs gladiīs pugnābātis?
Weren’t y’all fighting the savage Germans with swords?
Y’all were fighting the savage Germans with swords, weren’t you?

5. Interrogative Particles 2: num
Questions expecting a ‘NO’ answer:
Add num to the beginning of the sentence
num technically has no translation; it just indicates that the sentence is expecting a ‘no’ response
E.G.:
Num puella pulchra est?
(Surely) the girl isn’t beautiful, is she?
Num Germānōs ferōs gladiīs pugnābātis?
(Surely) y’all weren’t fighting the savage Germans with swords, were you?

6. Answering Yes/No Questions
Latin has no words for “yes” and “no”
To answer a question in the affirmative (i.e. “yes”), restate the question as a sentence.
Nōnne puella pulchra est?
Puella pulchra est.
To answer a question in the negative (i.e. “no”), restate the question as a sentence and negate the verb with nōn
Num puella pulchra est?
Puella pulchra nōn est.