Indirect Speech, Part 4

You have survived the gauntlet of indirect speech in parts 1, 2 and 3. Now is the quiz. Don't worry, it's easy. Give it a try. After the spot it says answer, drag your mouse across the blank area to highlight the answer. Let's start easy.

1. Combine sentence 2 into sentence 1.

Sentence 1: Ambulas.
Sentence 2: Lux fit.
Answer: You can't do that. You need a verbum sentiendi (head verb).

2. Combine sentence 2 into sentence 1.

Sentence 1: Audis.
Sentence 2: Sol fulget.
Answer: Audis solem fulgere.

3. Combine sentence 2 into sentence 1.

Sentence 1: Iohannes cattum videt.
Sentence 2: Cattus mures capit.
Answer: Iohannes videt cattum mures capere.

 Now for some tricker things.

4. Combine sentence 2 into sentence 1.

Sentence 1: Maria vidit cervum.
Sentence 2: Cervus viam transivit. (But at the same time as sentence 1.)
Answer: Maria vidit cervum viam transire.

5. Combine sentence 2 into sentence 1.

Sentence 1: Cervus putat.
Sentence 2: Cibus erat trans viam.
Answer: Cervus putat cibum fuisse trans viam.

Ok, that's not so rough. Let's get rid of the ambiguous statements in the next two by using the passive.

6. Sentence 1 is ambiguous. Sentence 2 has a passive sentence that cures the ambiguity. Replace the indirect speech of sentence 1 with sentence 2.

Sentence 1: Caesar videt viros gladios tenere.
Sentence 2: Gladii ab viris tenentur.
Answer: Caesar videt gladios ab viris teneri.

 7. Sentence 1 is ambiguous. Sentence 2 has a passive sentence that cures the ambiguity. Replace the indirect speech of sentence 1 with sentence 2.

Sentence 1: Audio cattum murem cepisse.
Sentence 2: Mus a catto captus est.
Answer: Audio murem a catto captum esse.

Now for the big question.

8. Latin uses a tricky accusative as subject and infinitive construction to get indirect speech. What one word does English use to show this? What word (for this purpose) is missing from Latin?

Answer: That

How did you do?