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Translate the following sentence into English: 'the citizens persuaded all the men to listen to the emperor'.

Acceptable answer: cives omnibus hominibus persuaserunt ut principiem audirent. This is a tricky question because the verb ' persuadeo ' is followed by ' ut + imperfect subjunctive'. Vocabulary can be interc...
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Answered by Dominic W. • Latin tutor
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How do I form a Purpose Clause in Latin?

A purpose clause is used to express the purpose behind an action. Purpose Clauses follow the Sequence of Tenses Rule They are formed as follows: If the purpose clause is positive : ut + subjunctive. If the p...
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Answered by Giles P. • Latin tutor
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How might I go about translating 'Cicero went to the forum to see Atticus' into Latin?

Read the English carefully several timesSeparate the sentence into translatable chunks: Cicero went - main clause; to the forum - prepositional phrase; to see Atticus - subordinate clauseIdentify the main co...
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Answered by Alice A. • Latin tutor
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Rules for the future tense?

Verbs are split into first and second conjugation, then third and fourth conjugation.First and second conjugation take their stem plus:bobisbitbimusbitisbuntThird and Fourth conjugation take stem plus:am ese...
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Answered by Tom H. • Latin tutor
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How do you translate a sentence?

The first thing to do when translating a sentence is to read it over at least once, to get a general gist of how long it is, how many clauses there are, in short, how easy or difficult said sentence will be....
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Answered by Luke B. • Latin tutor
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