MYTHOLOGY STORIES IN LATIN
(1). Must be in the passive voice as much as possible. (i.e. The pie was eaten by
me rather than I ate the pie.)
(2). Use the subjunctive more than once.
Cum clause
When I caught sight of the man, I ran.
Cum conspicesset
virem,
subjunctive verb
currit.
regular verb
Indirect question
Indirection question
No one knew
regular verb
had killed the boy
subjunctive
who
question word
VS. Who killed the boy?
Indirect command
He commanded the chief to kill the solider
regular verb
ut
subjunctive
VS. Go kill the soldier.
Purpose Clause/Result Clause
Regular verb ut or ne
Subjunctive
(3). Use a participle more than twice.
Present active participles (i.e. the sitting man, the walking duck, the
flaming fire, etc.)
Perfect participles (i.e. having been wounded, having entered, the spear having been thrown.
etc.)
(4). Use two out of the following three:
Ablative absolute (i.e. The city having been captured was burned to ground.)
Ablative of fixed time (i.e. on the 10th day, the first hour, etc.)
Accusative of duration of time (i.e. for 8 months, 3 days, etc.)
(5). Use the gerundive (mihi currendum est)
Dative
nda, ndum, ndus
form of “to be”