Usages of positus
Cum magistra dicat “taceatis,” discipuli intellegunt verbum in coniunctivo positum esse.
When the teacher says “be silent,” the students understand that the verb has been placed in the subjunctive.
Liber in mensa positus est.
The book has been placed on the table.
Magistra ostendit hoc verbum in indicativo positum esse, illud autem in coniunctivo.
The teacher shows that this verb is placed in the indicative, but that one in the subjunctive.
Magistra rogat cur hoc verbum in coniunctivo, non in indicativo, positum sit.
The teacher asks why this verb has been placed in the subjunctive, not in the indicative.
Nondum plane intellego cur hoc verbum in coniunctivo positum sit.
I do not yet fully understand why this word has been placed in the subjunctive.
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