Usage
As adjectives, participles can modify nouns.
I see the man swimming
which in Latin
would be: video
hominem natantem
They can also be used to make more complicated sentences.
I see the man who is carrying
the amphora
which can also be expressed as: I see the man carrying the
amphora
which in Latin would be: video hominem amphoram portantem
They can even replace a noun entirely,
I see the person swimming
which in Latin
would be:
video natantem
With perfect passive participles and future active participles you can also tell the gender of the word, and thus supply a missing noun as necessary.
