pudet, piget, taedet, paenitet (Feeling Verbs)

How It Works

Examples (5)

1. Me pudet erroris.

   I am ashamed of my mistake.

   Me is the accusative of the person. Erroris is the genitive of the cause.

2. Me paenitet peccati.

   I regret my sin.

   Paenitet is impersonal. Peccati is the genitive of the cause.

3. Marcum taedet laboris.

   Marcus is tired of the work.

   Marcum is the accusative of the person, and laboris is the genitive.

4. Nos piget morae.

   We regret the delay.

   Nos is the accusative of the person. Morae is the genitive of mora.

5. Paenitet me peccatorum meorum.

   I am sorry for my sins.

   The verb comes first here. Peccatorum meorum is genitive plural.

Common Mistakes

• Putting the person in the nominative.

  Ego pudet.

  Me pudet.

  The person who feels is in the accusative, not the nominative: me, not ego.

• Putting the cause in the accusative.

  Me paenitet peccatum.

  Me paenitet peccati.

  The cause of the feeling is in the genitive: peccati.

How It Connects

Learn This First

These verbs take the person in the accusative and the cause in the genitive.

• licet, oportet, necesse est (Allowed, Proper, Needed)It Is Allowed, It Is Right

  Know impersonal verbs, because these verbs have no subject, the person is accusative and the cause is genitive: me pudet erroris.

  Level 4

Related Patterns

• The Accusative Case

  The case of the person.

  Level 1
• The Genitive Case

  The case of the cause.

  Level 2
• Passives Without a Subject

  Another way Latin avoids a subject.

  Level 5

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