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Whats the difference in form of Gerund/Gerundive in Latin?

Asked by freckles (363points) March 21st, 2010

I have read and understand the rules for when each should be used. But I don’t know how to form the gerundive…

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The gerundive is in the same form as the future passive participle. It’s a verbal adjective declined the same way other -us, -a, -um adjectives are declined.

To form it, you take the infinitive of a verb (like “amare”) and drop the -re and add -nd and then the adjective ending.

Amandus, amanda, amandum, etc.

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@DominicX ok cool, and how do you form the Gerund?

DominicX's avatar

The gerund is a verbal noun, it’s neuter, and it’s only in 4 cases: genitive, dative, accusative, and ablative.

So for “amare”, you do the same thing as the gerundive, except there’s only amandi (genitive), amando (dative), amandum (accusative), and amando (ablative). The same endings are used for all verbs.

“Docere” becomes “docendi”, “docendo”, etc.

Hope this helps. :)

freckles's avatar

Yes, thank you, now I get the difference. I could not find that info ANYWHERE online. At least not in a way that spelled it out clear enough for me to understand. Thank you!!!!

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