Indirect Statement!!!

What do we remember??

Indirect Statement Basics!!!I think that Jon Bon Jovi is awesome.

O.K., these are really the basics!

• Triggered by “head” verbs e.g. “thinking, perceiving, knowing, saying, hearing, feeling, realizing, knowing, hoping, etc.”

Direct Statement:

Jon Bon Jovi is awesome.Indirect Statement:

I think THAT Jon Bon Jovi is awesome.• Subject is in the ACCUSATIVE CASE• Verb is an INFINITIVE; it must agreewith the accusative subject.

Practice…DIRECT STATEMENT:

Jon Bongiovi est optimus.INDIRECT STATEMENT:

putō Jon Bongiovum esse optimum.Translate the following indirect statements. 1. dīcis sōlem occidere.

2. scio matrem venīre.

3. putant vōs vocare mē.What happens when the infinitive is in another

tense??

When tenses of the infinitive change…

Tense of the infinitive: indicates the action of the ind. state. takes place BEFORE, at the SAME TIME as, or AFTER the verb that triggers it i.e. the “head” verb.

PRESENT = at the Same TimePERFECT = BeforeFUTURE = After

1. dīcis solem iam occidisse.2. dīcis solem occidere.3. dīcis solem occasurum esse.4. sciēbam mātrem ventūram esse.5. putābam virōs vocatōs esse.