Uploaded January 2021 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Indirect discourse (or more specifically indirect statement) is a hugely important topic in Latin, and a complicated one at that. This video covers how the infinitive is used as the main action in an indirect statement, along with a head verb and subject accusative, and the basic idea that the infinitive tense is relative to the main verb. And in accordance with its importance, this topic is covered in several other videos throughout this rules series.