Help with participles. I understand that a participle is a verbal adjective but I would like an alternate explanation to how they work vs what is explained in Wheelock’s seeing as I havn’t covered that yet in LL.
What do you mean alternate explanation?
correct me if i’m wrong, but I think they are like adjectives ending in -ing in English.
The rising sun brings a new day.
The fighting man wins again.
The growing boys need food.
Present active participles are like the English participles ending in “-ing”.
Puer amans - the loving boy, etc…
There’s also perfect passive participles, and future participles, the passive of the latter normally called gerundives.
amo - I love
amare - to love
participles:
amans - loving
amatus - having been loved
amaturus - about to love
amandus - “needing” to be loved