invisible verbs

[doubledouble]

I am looking for a complete list of invisible verbs. Any help is appreciated!

Thanks,
Suzanne

[jeremiah213]

Suzanne,

I have looked in many nooks and crannies... and have come up with no existing list....maybe it's because they're invisible? :) In thinking about the extensive English and Latin vocabularies it would be more helpful anyway to teach the difference between physical action, and mental action verbs... so while: hope, love, think are actions unseen... hit, build, break are visible having physical attributes. But you may continue my search which was not exhaustive by searching with "mental action verbs" as your query.

[doubledouble]

Thanks Glen!

They do seem rather invisible:)

I guess I am not confident that I am right about which verbs are which.

Are these invisible verbs?

suppose
wonder
muse
imagine
dream
reflect
contemplated
care
like
hate
smitten
enthralled
moonstruck

Thanks!!!!
Suzanne

[jeremiah213]

Suzanne,

I agree with all of them... although moonstruck is suspiciously action oriented, I think these are all mental actions... verbs unseen...

Glen

[doubledouble]

What if you said... and then it struck him.

Would "struck" be invisible if it implied a thought, even though it gives a "visual" picture of an otherwise invisible verb?

And if you said... she "created" a picture in her mind.

Would "create" be an invisible verb in this instance since it is a form of thought?

I guess what I am asking is if invisible verbs are invisible because they cannot be shown ever, or if they are invisible because of the context.

If the former is true then would "love" be an invisible verb is you wrote... she "loved" her pup with hugs and kisses.

Thank you again!!! I think that I am the one who is being homeschooled most days:)

Definitely one of the benefits of teacher your own children.

Suzanne

[jeremiah213]

You examples are good ones since they challenge the location of the line defining the two groups... The category, "invisible verbs," however, is somewhat extraneous. It's one of those things that is only useful because it helps compare/contrast two things for the sake of understanding each of them better. These words in Latin will not have any different forms, moods, tenses, numbers, persons, conjugations, or voices. It's just a way of highlighting a nuance of the idea that verbs are "action" words. They are action words...but sometimes the "action" is only in the mind... it is only in this sense that it's a useful category at all... just good to note that there are different kinds of actions... it won't go any deeper than that.

[mom2giqm]

I was having trouble with the invisible verbs too. I'm glad to see it's not worth devoting hours of research to today for the sake of our family's Latin studies.