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[[itu:]] ] _413._ Learn the meaning and principal parts of the following compounds of /eo:\ with prepositions: ad'eo:, adi:'re, ad'ii:, ad'itus, _go to, visit_, with the accusative ex'eo:, exi:'re, ex'ii:, ex'itus, _go forth_, with /ex\ or /de\ and the ablative of the place from which in'eo:, ini:'re, in'ii:, in'itus, _begin, enter upon_, with the accusative red'eo:, redi:'re, red'ii:, red'itus, _return_, with /ad\ or /in\ and the accusative of the place to which tra:ns'eo:, tra:nsi:'re, tra:ns'ii:, tra:ns'itus, _cross_, with the accusative _414._ Indirect Statements in English. Direct statements are those which the speaker or writer makes himself or which are quoted in his exact language. Indirect statements are those reported in a different form of words from that used by the speaker or writer. Compare the following direct and indirect statements: { 1. The Gauls are brave Direct statements { 2. The Gauls were brave { 3. The Gauls will be brave Indirect statements { 1. _He says_ that the Gauls _are_ brave after a verb in { 2. _He says_ that the Gauls _were_ brave the present tense { 3. _He says_ that the Gauls _will be_ brave Indirect statements { 1. _He said_ that the Gauls _were_ brave after a verb in { 2. _He said_ that the Gauls _had been_ brave a past tense { 3. _He said_ that the Gauls _would be_ brave We see that in English _a._ The indirect statement forms a clause introduced by the conjunction _that_. _b._ The verb is finite (cf. Sec. 173) and its subject is in the nominative. _c._ The tenses of the verbs originally used are changed after the past tense, _He said._ _415._ Indirect Statements in Latin. In Latin the direct and indirect statements above would be as follows: DIRECT { 1. Galli sunt fortes STATEMENTS { 2. Galli erant fortes { 3. Galli erunt fortes { 1. /Dicit\ or /Dixit Gallos esse fortis\ { (_He says_ or _He said_ { _the Gauls to be brave_)[1] INDIRECT { 2. /Dicit\ or /Dixit Gallos fuisse fortis\ STATEMENTS { (_He says_ or _He said_ { _the Gauls to have been brave_)[1] { 3. /Dicit\ or /Dixit Gallos futuros esse fortis\ { (_He says_ or _He said_ { _the Gauls to be about to be brave_)[1] [Footn
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