III.Calesceamus.Purpose Clauses (by Kate Hattemer) ANSWERS
– open textbook, notes, and dictionary; complete, pledge, and TURN IN
1. List some of the ways in which purpose clauses can be translated into
English.
to...
in order to...
so as to...
so that (somebody) may/might...
etc.
2. What two Latin conjunctions introduce a purpose clause?
ut (positive, i.e. “to...”); nē (negative, i.e. “to not...” or “lest...”)
3. If the dependent verb (the verb inside the purpose clause) is present
subjunctive, what three tenses may the independent verb be?
Present, Future, and Future Perfect. (Notice these are all “non-past”
tenses.)
4. If the dependent verb (the verb inside the purpose clause) is imperfect
subjunctive, what three tenses may the independent verb be?
Imperfect, Perfect, and Pluperfect. (Notice these are all types of past
tense.)
5. Translate: mittimus puerum ut epistulās inveniat.
We send the boy to find the letters. (literally: We send the boy so that he
may find the letters.)
6. Translate: mittāmus puerum ut epistulās inveniat.
Let us send the boy to find the letters. (literally: Let us send the boy so that
he may find the letters.)
7. Translate: puer mittēbātur quī epistulās invenīret.
Grade: _____ out of 10.
Circle one>>
COUNT IT!
FUGGEDABOUTIT
III.Calesceamus.Purpose Clauses (by Kate Hattemer) ANSWERS
– open textbook, notes, and dictionary; complete, pledge, and TURN IN
The boy was (being) sent to find the letters. (literally: The boy was being
sent who might find the letters.)
8. Translate: puer mittētur quī epistulās inveniat.
The boy will be sent to find the letters. (literally: The boy will be sent so
that he may find the letters.)
9. Translate: puer missus est quō epistulae celerius invenīrentur.
The boy was sent in order for the letters to be found quicker.
The boy has been sent so that the letters might be found more quickly.
The boy was sent in order that the letters be found more swiftly.
(literally: The boy has been sent by which the letters might be found more
quickly.)
10. Why was the purpose clause in #9 introduced by quō?
It contains a comparative idea, namely celerius, the comparative degree
adverb meaning “more quickly.”
Grade: _____ out of 10.
Circle one>>
COUNT IT!
FUGGEDABOUTIT