Richard Rufus

On the Place of the Outermost Sphere

Latin Grammar: Indirect Question

Antequam loquamur de hac immobilitate, dicamus quid sit locus caeli. Intelligamus convexum caeli.

An Indirect Question is a sentence or clause introduced by an interrogative word, this sentence or clause being the subject or object of a verb itself. An indirect question uses the subjunctive. In primary sequence, the present is expressed by the present, the future by the future periphrastic (with present), and the past by the perfect. In secondary sequence, the present is expressed by the imperfect, the future by the future periphrastic (with the imperfect), and the past by the pluperfect.

Turn the following direct questions into indirect questions following a. dico and b. dixi.

1. Quid facio?   
a. .
b. .

2. Quid faciam?   
a. .
b. .

3. Quid feci?   
a. .
b. .

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