LESSON 15 THE INFINITIVE MOOD The Infinitive (in English expressed by “to,” e.g., “to be,” “to loose “) is a verbal noun, that is to say, it partakes of the nature both of a verb and a noun. It has no different forms for cases and persons and is therefore indeclinable. It is always neuter, and as a noun it may be used with different cases of the neuter article. As a noun it may stand as the subject or as the object of another verb or be governed by a preposition. As a verb it may itself have a