Spring Break Assignment Grammar Sentences

EXAMPLE GRAMMAR SENTENCES ILLUSTRATING INDIRECT DISCOURSE
(Indirect Statements, Questions, Commands)

For your assignment (due after Spring Break), compose two Latin sentences with each type of clauses (6 sentences total): 2 with ind. statements, 2 with ind. questions, and 2 with ind. commands. You may not merely copy my sentences or sentences from the book or elsewhere, but you may use other Latin sentences as models for your own. Indeed, unless you have a firm understanding of the Latin grammar, I recommend that you do use these sentences as your models. Provide an English translation of each of your six Latin sentences.

Indirect Statements

I know that you are being called.
Sciō tē vocārī.

I knew that you were being called.
Scīvī tē vocārī.

I knew that you had been called.
Scīvī tē vocātum esse.

They thought that they would conquer the enemy.
Putāvērunt sē hostēs victūrōs esse.

They say that they will conquer the enemy.
Dicunt sē hostēs victūrōs esse.

Indirect Questions

I will ask whether they are coming.
Rogābō num veniant.

I had asked whether they were coming.
Rogāveram num venīrent.

You wanted to know whether he had been killed or not.
Cupiēbās cognoscere utrum interfectus esset necne.

You will learn whether he was killed or not.
Cognoscēs utrum interfectus sit necne.

Indirect Commands

They had persuaded us to leave at once.
Persuaserant nōbīs ut statim discēderēmus.

They are asking us to leave immediately.
Orant (nōs) ut statim discēdāmus.

I advise you to come to the city.
Moneō (tē) ut ad urbem veniās.

He advised you to come to Rome.
Monuit (tē) ut Rōmam venīrēs.

I will tell you not to come.
Imperābō tibi nē veniās.