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Introductory Latin: volo, nolo, possum + infinitive

Exercise 23: volo, nolo, possum + infinitive

Some verbs are followed by the infinitive; esp. volo and nolo (Kennedy #139), possum (Kennedy #135b):

volo audire: I want to hear/am willing to hear.
nolo regere: I do not want to rule/am unwilling to rule.
possum ambulare: I am able to walk/can walk.

Main Parts:

volo velle volui, want/be willing
nolo nolle nolui, be unwilling
possum posse potui, be able

 

NB They are very irregular in the present tense:

I wantI do not wantI am able
1st person singularvolonolopossum
2nd person singularvisnon vispotes
3rd person singularvultnon vultpotest
1st person pluralvolumusnolumuspossumus
2nd person pluralvultisnon vultispotestis
3rd person pluralvoluntnoluntpossunt

 

Please attempt all questions.

1. 

Translate the following sentence into Latin: He does not want to hurt dogs.

2. 

Translate the following sentence: species spei potest adiuvare tristes.

3. 

Translate the following sentence: vis viam transire?

4. 

Translate the following sentence: potest poeta multos versus scribere.

5. 

Translate the following sentence: Cicero, vir magna sapientia, volebat poscere Caesarem sententiam.

6. 

Translate the following sentence into Latin: I can walk with big paces.

7. 

Translate the following sentence into Latin: Cicero was able to come with his wife.

8. 

Translate the following sentence: dixi Ciceronem nolle in hortum cum militibus ambulare.

9. 

Translate the following sentence: puer volebam libros scribere.

10. 

Translate the following sentence: volo ad urbem ire cum sapientibus.

11. 

Translate the following sentence into Latin: We want to go to the city with our friends.

12. 

Translate the following sentence into Latin: You wanted to kill Caesar.

13. 

Translate the following sentence: nolumus dona domino dare.

14. 

Translate the following sentence into Latin: Cicero said Caesar wanted to come into the garden.

15. 

Translate the following sentence: potestis esse laeti.

16. 

Translate the following sentence into Latin: You have been able to walk in the garden.

17. 

Translate the following sentence: Cicero Plauto dixit se posse Caesarem sententiam rogare.

18. 

Translate the following sentence: volam tres horas in urbe ambulare.

19. 

Translate the following sentence into Latin: They wanted to help the sad wives after they had killed the farmers.

20. 

Translate the following sentence into Latin: They will be able to walk in the city.