1. Lesson 9 Imperatives
Latin I
Jan. 21-Feb. 2, 2015

2. Moody Verbs Verbs have moods.
Indicative mood, subjunctive mood, imperative mood.
The indicative mood is used to make statements or ask questions.
We have learned the present tense indicative and future tense indicative.

3. Present Imperative Verbs
Imperative mood: used to give commands.
Announce the news!
Carry the water, slave.
Show the road to the girls.
Sailors, prepare the boat!

4. Present Imperative Verbs
A singular imperative gives a command to ONE person.
In Latin, the singular imperative is the same as the present stem of the verb…drop the –re from the infinitive.
porto, portare: carry
singular imperative: PORTA! (carry!)

5. Practicing Imperatives
Singular Imperative
Infinitive
amare
laudare
portare
navigare
parare
Ama!
Lauda!
Porta!
Naviga!
Para!

6. Practicing Imperatives
Puella, porta aquam!

7. Present Imperative Verbs
A plural imperative gives a command to more than one person.
To form the plural imperative, just add –te to the singular imperative.
porto, portare: carry
Plural imperative: porta + te = PORTATE!

8. Practicing Imperatives
Plural Imperative
Infinitive
amare
laudare
portare
navigare
parare
Amate!
Laudate!
Portate!
Navigate!
Parate!

9. Practicing Imperatives
Puellae, portate aquam!

10. Present Imperative Verbs
An imperative usually stands at or near the beginning of a Latin sentence.
Do not confuse the –a ending of the singular imperative with the ablative noun ending –a. The imperative is used only with verb words.

11. Things to Take Away From This Lesson
Imperative verbs give commands.
The singular imperative verb is the verb stem.
The plural imperative verb is the verb stem + -te.

12. Imperative Practice! Write Latin AND English and turn in!
1. Puella, porta aquam ad casam.
2. Navigate ad insulam, nautae!
3. Para cibum!
4. Ama filiam tuam et filia tua te (you) amabit.
5. Serva pecuniam tuam.

13. Negative Imperatives
What if you want to tell someone NOT to do something?
Girls, don’t carry the water!

14. Noli nolite Negative Imperatives Meet your negative command words:
These words pair up with the INFINITIVE (2nd principle part) verb: the –RE form. But we don’t drop the –RE this time.
Noli
nolite

15. Finding the Infinitive
porto, portare, portavi, portatus

16. Negative Imperatives Girl, don’t carry the water!
Puella, noli portare aquam!

17. Negative Imperatives Girls, don’t carry the water!
Puellae, nolite portare aquam!

18. Things to Take Away From This Lesson
Negative imperative verbs give “don’t…” commands.
The singular negative command is “noli …” plus the infinitive.
The plural negative command is “nolite…” plus the infinitive.

19. Negative Imperative Practice. Write Latin AND English and turn in
Negative Imperative Practice! Write Latin AND English and turn in! Keep the commas in place.
1. Julia, noli parare cibum cras.
2. Nolite amare pecuniam, amici.
3. Nolite navigare ad insulam, nautae!
4. Anna, noli amare agricolam malum.