Questions & Answers about Mihi ad forum eundum est, quia sal deest.
Because eundum est is a gerundive of obligation construction. In this construction, the person who has to do the action is usually put in the dative, not the nominative.
So:
- mihi = for me / by me / I
- mihi ad forum eundum est = literally something like to me it must be gone to the forum
In natural English, that becomes I must go to the forum or I have to go to the forum.
Eundum est means it must be gone or more naturally one must go.
This is formed from:
- eundum = the gerundive of eo, ire (to go)
- est = is
Together, they express necessity or obligation. In this sentence, it is best translated as I must go.
Because Latin is not simply saying to go; it is saying must go.
- ire is the infinitive: to go
- eundum est is a special construction meaning or