Breakdown of Puer exiturus matrem rogat utrum cum ea venire possit.
Questions & Answers about Puer exiturus matrem rogat utrum cum ea venire possit.
Exiturus is the future active participle of exire (to go out, leave).
Here it means something like about to leave or intending to leave. So puer exiturus means the boy, about to leave.
It is formed from the supine stem of exire:
- exire = to leave
- exitum = supine
- exiturus = about to leave / going to leave
So this participle shows an action that is still in the future relative to the main verb rogat.
Because it agrees with puer.
Puer is:
- masculine
- singular
- nominative
So the participle modifying it must also be:
- masculine
- singular
- nominative
That is why we get exiturus, not exitura or exiturum.
Because matrem is the direct object of rogat.
The verb rogare means to ask, and the person being asked is often put in the accusative: