Indirect Question Latin Examples. Marcus quintum instruit ut ambulet. Special notes about indirect questions 1.
1 9 13 forbear to ask what will be on the morrow. But after words of saying denying announcing telling showing knowing not knowing believing thinking hearing seeing feeling hoping fearing and the like we are able to express statements indirectly ōrātiō oblīqua. In a word there s a basic continuity at least in indirect question usage between the early latin and classical latin period.
Latin requires a subjunctive verb in an indirect question becau se the romans were very cautious about the authenticity or accuracy of second hand information.
42 i foresee what throngs there will be. Indirect statement oratio obliqua general the statement he scatters dragon s teeth on the land is a direct statement ōrātiō recta. Indirect questions in latin. Centurio nos imperavit ne abiremus.
