Impersonal Verbs with Infinitives - Notes

Activity 6c  Translating impersonal verbs with infinitives: necesse est, licetne  

The following is a list of chores that need to be completed. Circle the infinitive in each sentence
and translate the sentence into English:

1. Necesse est villam purgare.
2. Necesse est Aureliam adiuvare.
3. Necesse est aquam e rivo in villam portare.
4. Necesse est cibum coquere.
5. Necesse est in agris strenue laborare.
6. Licetne mihi ad latrinam ire.
7. Licet tibi ad latrinam ire.
8. Licet tibi nunc cenare.

A list of Latin impersonal verbs which are commonly seen in the SAT subject tests. Impersonal verbs often take an infinitive (verb form with -re ending). Just learn the meanings now and plan to use these words with infinitives. 

necesse est        it is necessary (w/acc.) + infinitive

licet mihi..           is it permitted to me? may I

accidit, accidere, accidit it happens (w/acc.) + infinitive

decet, decere, decuit     it is proper, fitting; one should (w/acc.) + infinitive

iuvat, iuvare       it pleases (w/acc.) + infinitive

oportet, oportere, oportuit         it is fitting, one ought or must (w/acc.) + infinitive

opus est               there is need, it is necessary (w/dat.)

placet, placere, placuit   it pleases; one likes (w/dat.)

videtur, videri    it seems (w/dat.)

miseret, miserere, miseruit         it makes one (acc.) feel pity/ feel sorry for something (gen./inf.)


paenitet, paenitere, paenituit    it makes one (acc.) regret/ repent of something (gen./inf.) me paenitet = I am sorry

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