Grammar: Uses of the infinitive

Introduction

There are six infinitives in Latin:

	Active	Passive
Present	portare	portari
Perfect	portavisse	portatus esse
Future	portaturus esse	portatum iri

with the basic meanings:

	Active	Passive
Present	to carry	to be carried
Perfect	to have carried	to have been carried
Future	to be about to carry	to be about to be carried

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