Year 4A · Grade 6: Commands and Infinitives
Review singular commands and to-forms from Year 3, and add the plural command.
What to notice
- imperatives
- infinitives
- verb person
Examples
- ama! — love! (one person). ama is the singular command of amo.
- amate! — love! (more than one person). The ending -te marks the plural active imperative.
- audi! — listen! (one person). audi is the singular imperative of audio.
- amare — to love. amare is a present active infinitive.
- amavisse — to have loved. A perfect infinitive usually expresses action prior to the main verb.
- amaturus esse — to be about to love. amaturus esse is a future active infinitive.