How to ask a question in LATIN. voice• You could raise your

E.g. Tu pecuniam debes?

• You could use a question word, such as… QUIS - who

QUID - what UBI - where CUR – why

QUO MODO - how• Or you could add –ne to the first word of the sentence

eg. Placetne tibi?

There are two types of question…

DIRECT QUESTIONS

Who ate all the pies? Mr Mossman asked who had eaten all of the pies.

INDIRECT QUESTIONS

REPORTED SPEECH

BOB ASKED WHO ATE THE GERBIL.

IN LATIN THE VERB GOES INTO THE SUBJUNCTIVE.

Bobus rogavit quis pecuniam invenisset.

Look a questioning verb!

Look a question word.

Look a verb in the subjunctive.

HOW TO SPOT AN INDIRECT QUESTION

A few details

1) NUM in an indirect question means “WHETHER” not “surely not”

e.g. senem rogavi num fratrem meum vidisset.

2) When there are two alternatives look out for utrum…an – whether …or

femina servum rogavit utrum malus an stultus esset.

What does a subjunctive look like again?

• IMPERFECT• porta rem• porta res• porta ret• portaremus• porta retis• porta rent

• PLUPERFECT• porta vissem• porta visses• porta visset• porta vissemus• porta vissetis• porta vissent

The imperfect subjunctive ofTO BE

Essem – I was

Esses – you were

Esset- he was

Essemus – we were

Essetis – you were

Essent – they were