Ecce Romani Chapter 5: Complementary Infinitives

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Ecce Romani Chapter 5: Complementary Infinitives

Consider the following sentence

Sextus wants...
This does not form a complete thought because we are left wondering what Sextus wants or wants to do.
We complete the thought as follows
to climb trees.
to run through the fields.
to sit in the garden.

Complementary Infinitive

The verbs to climb, to run, to sit are called complementary infinitives because they complement the main verb. Notice, they always follow the same form i.e. "to ______".

Multiple Choice

Identify the complementary infinitive in the following sentence:

Sextus wants to climb the tree.

Sextus

wants

to climb

the tree

Multiple Choice

Identify the complementary infinitive in the following sentence:

Sextus is afraid to come down.

Sextus

is afraid

to come down

Multiple Choice

Identify the complementary infinitive in the following sentence:

Davus wants to hit Sextus.

Davus

wants

to hit

Sextus

In Latin

Sextus arborēs ascendere vult.
Sextus dēscendere timet.
Davus Sextum verberāre vult.
What do you notice about the complementary infinitives?

Multiple Choice

Identify the complementary infinitive in the following sentence:

Servus eum repellere nōn potest.

Servus

eum

repellere

potest

Multiple Choice

Identify the complementary infinitive in the following sentence:

Puer lupum repellere parat.

Puer

lupum

repellere

parat

Multiple Choice

Identify the complementary infinitive in the following sentence:

Cūr Marcus arborēs ascendere nōn vult?

arborēs

ascendere

Marcus

nōn vult

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