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GERUNDIVES
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Gerundives GRAMMAR CONSTRUCTIONS THAT USE GERUNDS (VERBAL NOUNS)
OBLIGATION PURPOSE
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NECESSE EST ONE OF THE MOST FREQUENT LATIN CONSTRUCTIONS
REQUIRES A DATIVE AND AN INFINITIVE THE ROMANS USED THIS ONE ALL THE TIME
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DROPPING THE NECESSE BECAUSE NECESSE IS SO POPULAR THE ROMANS STARTED DROPPING IT EXAMPLE: NECESSE EST MIHI DOMUM CURRERE IT IS NECESSARY FOR ME TO RUN HOME
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CHANGING THE CONSTRUCTION
NECESSE EST MIHI DOMUM CURRERE BECOMES CURRENDUM MIHI DOMUM (NECESSE) EST RUNNING HOME IS NECESSARY FOR ME
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AWKWARD GRAMMAR RUNNING HOME IS NECESSARY FOR ME IS THE SAME AS
I MUST RUN HOME THUS: CURRENDUM MIHI DOMUM EST =
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EXAMPLES FUGIENDUM CAECILIO AD TABLINUM EST CANTANDUM QUINTO EST
EUNDUM MEUM CUBICULUM MIHI EST DOCENDUM MAGISTRI EST BIBENDUM VINUM NOBIS EST
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