impersonal verbs Flashcards
(20 cards)
pluit
it is raining
ningit
it is snowing
fulgurat
there is lightning
tonat
there is thunder
lucescit
it is dawn
uesperascit
it grows late
miseret
it moves X (acc) to pity for Y (gen)
the person who feels is in the acc, the source of the feeling in the gen (if action it may be in the infin)
me miseret - I pity
(me) paenitet
I regret
the person who feels is in the acc, the source of the feeling in the gen (if action it may be in the infin)
- eum paenitet ridere
he regrets laughing.
(me) piget
I am bored of
the person who feels is in the acc, the source of the feeling in the gen (if action it may be in the infin)
(me) pudet
I am ashamed of
the person who feels is in the acc, the source of the feeling in the gen (if action it may be in the infin)
(me) taedet
I am tired of
the person who feels is in the acc, the source of the feeling in the gen (if action it may be in the infin)
oportet
me iri oportet-
lit. it is right for me to go
I have a duty to go
or even
I should go
decet
me ire decet-
it is fitting for me to go
dedecet
me ire dedecet-
it is unfitting for me to go
iuvat
me ire iuvat-
lit. It pleases me to go
I like going
placet
mihi ire placet-
I like going
uidetur
mihi ire videtur-
I decide to go
libet
mihi ire libet-
I like going
licet
mihi ire (per eum) licet-
I am permitted to go (by him)
necesse est
necesse est mihi ire-
I must go