Latin B1: Being done: the passive · Phrases

The passive swaps the endings: amor, amaris, amatur, amamur, amamini, amantur (I am loved…). Imperfect: amabar, amabatur; future: amabor, amabitur. The person who does it takes a or ab + ablative (a matre, by the mother); a thing or tool takes the ablative alone (gladio, with a sword). The infinitive ends in -ri (amari) or -i (regi, audiri).

• laudare — to praise
• capere — to take, to capture
• vincere — to conquer, to defeat
• portare — to carry
• a, ab — by (a person)
• miles — soldier
• hostis — enemy
• gladius — sword

• Ab omnibus amatur. — She is loved by everyone.
• Miles gladio vulneratur. — The soldier is wounded by a sword.
• Quid hoc vocatur? — What is this called?
• Roma non uno die aedificata est. — Rome was not built in a day.