1. Present Passive Infinitives Feb. 2-11, 2015
Lesson 34
Present Passive Infinitives
Feb. 2-11, 2015

2. All About Infinitives
Infinitives are verb forms that are translated with the word “to….”

3. All About Infinitives
There are 3 tenses of infinitives: present, perfect, and future.
Each tense has 2 voices: active and passive.

4. Present Active Infinitive
You learned the present active infinitive in Latin I.
The present active infinitive is the 2nd principal part of the verb…the one that ends in –re.
It’s translated “to (verb).”

5. Present Active Infinitive
amo, amare, amavi, amatus
doceo, docere, docui, doctus
mitto, mittere, misi, missus
capio, capere, cepi, captus
audio, audire, audivi, auditus
To love
To teach
To send
To capture
To hear

6. Present Passive Infinitives
Now it’s time to learn the present passive infinitive. It’s easy!
Just change the final –e to an –i.
The English translation is to be verbed:
portari: to be carried
doceri: to be taught
muniri: to be fortified

7. Present Passive Infinitives
The only verbs that DO NOT follow that simple rule are 3rd and 3rd –io conjugation. Remember that they always cause trouble and do things a little differently…
These are the –o (-io)/–ere verbs,
like these:
pono, ponere capio, capere
duco, ducere

8. Present Passive Infinitives
Instead of changing the –re to –ri, 3rd /3rd –io conjugation verbs go nuts and chop off their ENTIRE -ere, then replace it with just an –i!
ducere: to lead capere: to take
duci: to be led capi: to be taken
ponere: to place
poni: to be placed

9. Present Passive Infinitive
amo, amare, amavi, amatus
doceo, docere, docui, doctus
mitto, mittere, misi, missus
capio, capere, cepi, captus
audio, audire, audivi, auditus
AMARI: to be loved
DOCERI: to be taught
MITTI: to be sent
CAPI: to be captured
AUDIRI: to be heard

10. What an Infinitive Chart Looks Like:
ACTIVE
Present amare to love
Perfect amavisse to have loved
Future amaturus esse to be about to love
PASSIVE
amari to be loved
amatus esse to have been loved
amatum iri to be about to be loved

11. Present Active Infinitive
Translation
Present Passive Infinitive
convocare
liberare
augēre
merēre
iubēre
scribere
trahere
afficere
cupere
audire

12. Present Active Infinitive
Translation
Present Passive Infinitive
convocare
to call together
convocari
to be called together
liberare
to set free
liberari
to be set free
augere
to increase
augeri
to be increased
merere
to deserve/earn
mereri
to be deserved
iubere
to order
iuberi
to be ordered
scribere
to write
scribi
to be written
trahere
to drag
trahi
to be dragged
afficere
to affect/afflict
affici
to be affected
cupere
to desire/wish
cupi
to be desired
audire
to hear
audiri
to be heard