LESSON XL VI. IMPERSONAL
VERBS.
IMPERSONAL
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QUESTIONS.
VERBS.
287. Impersonal Verbs correspond to the English it _ snows, it seems, etc. They have no personal subject, but .may take an Infinitive, a Clause, or a Neuter Pronoun j as, me pudet hOc fecisse, lit. it shames me to have done this; hoc decet, this is fitting. Examples are: _ paenitet
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oportet accidit
paeuitere lieere oportere accidere
paenituit licuit oportuit accidit
it it it it
repents, it causes regret is permitted is fitting happens.
Specially to be noted is the impersonal use of such Passi ve forms as,curritur pugnatum est ventum est veniendum est
lit. lit. lit. lit.
it it it it
is run was fought has been come must be come
I.e. some one runs i.e. the battle raged i.e, some olle has come Le. somebody must come.
QUESTIONS.
288. Questions may be either Word-Questions or Sentence-Questions. 1. WORD-QUESTIONS. These are introduced by the various inter. rogative pronouns and adverbs; such as-quia, qui, quo, qUi, etc. Thus:quia venit, who comes? quam diii manebrt, how long will he stay 1 130