{"id":3476,"date":"2014-10-23T15:19:52","date_gmt":"2014-10-23T15:19:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/latin\/?p=3476"},"modified":"2014-10-23T15:19:52","modified_gmt":"2014-10-23T15:19:52","slug":"guide-to-impersonal-latin-verbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/latin\/guide-to-impersonal-latin-verbs\/","title":{"rendered":"Guide to Impersonal Latin Verbs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The following is for your reference use for impersonal verbs.\u00a0 Impersonal verbs usually do not have a subject or nominative instead there is an implied (he, she, it).\u00a0 However they can take nominative in certain sentence structure. Most of these impersonal verbs will take either an accusative, dative, genitive,\u00a0or rarely an ablative. followed by the infinitive.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Impersonal Verbs\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ARpiz_gL9do?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The following shows three of the most common used impersonal verbs and how they take their particular case and then the infinitive.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>licet, licere, licuit<\/strong>: it is permitted <i>(+ dative)<\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">It is permitted <i>for X<\/i> <b>to Y<\/b>. [<i>X = dative of person<\/i> &amp; <b>Y = infinitive<\/b>]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><b>oportet, oportere, oportuit<\/b>: it is fitting, it behooves <i>(+ accusative)<\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">It is fitting <i>for X<\/i> <b>to Y. <\/b>&#8211;or&#8211; It behooves <i>X<\/i> <b>to Y. <\/b>[<i>X = accusative of person<\/i> &amp; <b>Y = infinitive<\/b>]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><b>placet, placere, placuit<\/b>: it is pleasing <i>(+ dative)<\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">It is pleasing <i>to X <\/i><b>to Y. <\/b>[<i>X = dative of person<\/i> &amp; <b>Y = infinitive<\/b>]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<p>Here is a list of popular verbs:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>decet , -ere, -uit<\/em> &#8211; it becomes or it suits; it is right or proper. <em>Decet<\/em> can take the accusative of the person for whom it is right.<\/li>\n<li><i>libet, -ere, -uit, -itum est<\/i> (also <i>lubet<\/i>) &#8211; it pleases (with the dative, e.g., <i>libet mihi<\/i> = it pleases me), also, <i>ut libet<\/i> &#8211; as you please.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><i>licet, -ere, -uit, -itum est<\/i> &#8211; it is permitted. <em>Licet<\/em> takes the dative as well.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><i>liquet, -ere<\/i> &#8211; it is clear.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><i>miseret (miseretur), -ere, miseretum est<\/i> &#8211; it excites pity. <em>Miseret<\/em> would take a genitive (thing)\u00a0or accusative(person) [ See video on Genitive below]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><i>oportet, -ere, uit<\/i> &#8211; it is necessary, proper, becoming. <em>Oportet<\/em> takes an accusative afterwards<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><i>paenitet, -ere, -uit<\/i> &#8211; repent, regret, be sorry.<\/li>\n<li><i>piget, -ere, -uit<\/i> &#8211; it displeases, disgusts. Takes the genitive of the cause of the revulsion and accusative of the person who is affected.<\/li>\n<li><i>placet<\/i> &#8211; it seems good; it is agreed or resolved. <em>Placet<\/em> takes the dative.<\/li>\n<li><i>refert, referre, retuli<\/i> &#8211; it concerns.<\/li>\n<li><i>taedet, -ere, taesum est<\/i> &#8211; it disgusts, wearies of. <em>Taedet <\/em>follows with genitive.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here are some helpful videos:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Genitive and Impersonal Verbs\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mOWu9eu7RAE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following is for your reference use for impersonal verbs.\u00a0 Impersonal verbs usually do not have a subject or nominative instead there is an implied (he, she, it).\u00a0 However they can take nominative in certain sentence structure. 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