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GERUNDIVES.

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1 GERUNDIVES

2 Gerundives GRAMMAR CONSTRUCTIONS THAT USE GERUNDS (VERBAL NOUNS)
OBLIGATION PURPOSE

3 NECESSE EST ONE OF THE MOST FREQUENT LATIN CONSTRUCTIONS
REQUIRES A DATIVE AND AN INFINITIVE THE ROMANS USED THIS ONE ALL THE TIME

4 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

5 CHANGING THE CONSTRUCTION
NECESSE EST MIHI DOMUM CURRERE BECOMES CURRENDUM MIHI DOMUM (NECESSE) EST RUNNING HOME IS NECESSARY FOR ME

6 AWKWARD GRAMMAR RUNNING HOME IS NECESSARY FOR ME IS THE SAME AS
I MUST RUN HOME THUS: CURRENDUM MIHI DOMUM EST =

7 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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