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Nunc surgit magnus ōrātor, causam dictūrus… True or false: the participle dictūrus agrees with the noun ōrātor.

iūdicēs omnia illīus verba audīre cupientēs silentium significant. What kind of participle is cupientēs in this sentence?

Ubi cupit eōs metū aut misericordiā movērī, metū aut misericordiā oppressī terrentur aut flent. What is the form of movērī in this sentence?

Nunc surgit magnus ōrātor, causam dictūrus… Why is causam in the accusative case?

Dē ōrātōre, etiam sī tū nōn adsidēns et attentē audiēns, sed ūnō aspectū et praeteriēns eum aspēxeris, saepe iūdicāre poteris. By any account, this is a tricky sentence. Once we have separated out the main clause (Dē ōrātōre saepe iūdicāre poteris) we still have a long sī-clause with lots of participles. It is helpful to see these participles as a kind of list, with each small participle construction separated by a conjunction. The tū at the beginning of the sentence “flags” the verb in the clause at the end (aspēxeris); in this instance, it’s useful to translate this first. This leaves us the participles, which broken up by the conjunctions, aren’t quite as intimidating. This means we might be able to translate the sentence like this: main clause: Dē ōrātōre saepe iūdicāre poteris sī clause: etiam sī tū aspēxeris nōn adsidēns et attentē audiēns sed ūnō aspectū [not a participle; ablative of manner!] et praeteriēns

Complete the following sentence using the dropdown menus to describe the construction of passive sentences using the ablative: If the action is performed by a thing, the thing is marked by the ablative of [means], which is the ablative [without] the preposition ā, ab. If it is performed by a person, the person is marked by the ablative of [agent], which is the ablative [with] the preposition ā, ab.

In analyzing transfer prices, the ________________________.

An entrepreneur is developing a business plan to launch a home health care agency.  Which component of the business plan is most important for demonstrating to potential investors or lenders that the business has strong growth potential and a sustainable market?

The information for this problem is used for the next problem as well: When using the Sales Value at Split-off Method, what is the amount of joint costs that will be allocated to Product A (rounded to the nearest dollar)?

The Present Passive System in the 1st and 2nd Conjugations Now that we’ve looked at the passive in English, let’s take our first look at the passive in the present system in Latin. We’ll start with the 1st and 2nd conjugations, as exemplified by the paradigm verbs laudō, laudāre and moneō, monēre. As in the active voice, the present system formation of these verbs in the passive will depend on the present stem, e.g. laudā-, monē. They will also feature all the same tense markers as in the active system, i.e. -bā- for the imperfect and -be- for the future (noting the vowel shifts that take place in this tense). The main thing to learn is the change in personal endings:        Singular        Plural 1 -r -mur 2 -ris -minī 3 -tur -ntur To see the construction of the passive in the present system of 1st and 2nd conjugation verbs, watch the following video. These forms should also be checked in Caput XVIII of Wheelock!