On Logic
Latin Grammar: Indirect Speech
Si ab aliquo dicatur logicam esse scientiam sermocinalem, ut videtur ex interpretatione nominis: Intelligendum est quod multum convenit cum sermone propter duo: quia conceptus est immediatum significatum per vocem, de quo conceptu est logica; et quia passiones conceptus insunt voci significativae sicut incomplexio, complexio, significare verum vel falsum , ut signo per naturam significati.
Indirect Speech
Indirect speech reports what someone else said without directly quoting the actual original speech. In English, we using the introductory word “that” to introduce indirect speech. In Latin, there is no introductory word. Instead, the subject of the reported speech is put into an accusative and the verb is turned into an infinitive. The tense of the infinitive is translated relative to the verb of speaking: a present infinitive indicates contemporaneous time, a perfect infinitive indicates time before, and the future infinitive indicates subsequent time.
Turn the following direct statements into indirect statement following the verb dicit.
1. Logica simplex est.
Dicit logicam simplicem .
2. Ille rationem habet.
Dicit illum rationem.
3. Ille dixit veritatem.
Dicit illum veritatem.
4. Illa hoc fecit.
Dicit illam hoc.
5. Ille sciet.
Dicit illum .
6. Illa hoc faciet.
Dicit illam hoc.