Personal Endings Review

I
-O
-M

-S
YOU
(SG.)

-T

HE-SHEIT

-MUS

WE

-TIS
YOU (PL.)

-NT
THEY

All About Verbs

Each verb has 4 principal parts

amo

amare amavi

First PersonPresent active

Singular
Infinitive
Present
to love
Active
I love

amatus

To find the
PRESENT STEM of
a verb, drop the
RE from the 2nd
principal part (the
infinitive).

Finding the Present Stem

Find the second principal part of the verb.

amo

amare

amavi

amatus

The present stem is the second principal part re.

amare

- re

ama

Finding the Present Stem

amo, amare
laboro, laborare
paro, parare
porto, portare
specto, spectare

AMALABORAPARAPORTASPECTA-

Write the following verbs on your

paper
1st laudo, laudare, laudavi,
laudatus---praise
2nd moneo, monere, monui,
monitus---warn
3rd rego, regere, rexi, rectus---rule
3rd io capio, capere, cepi, captus--take
4th audio, audire, audivi, auditus--hear

 The PRESENT STEM is actually used

for 3 tenses!

PRESENT
IMPERFECT
FUTURE

Present Tense Endings

AM ing, -s

-O
-S
-T

-MUS
-TIS
-NT

mperfect Tense Ending

WAS/WERE -ING

BAM
BAS
BAT

-BAMUS
-BATIS
-BANT

ture Tense Endings

-BO
-BIS
-BIT

WILL

(1 s t /

-BIMUS
-BITIS
-BUNT

Test Monday!
Know how to identify a verbs conjugation
(1st, 2nd, 3rd, 3rd io, 4th)
Know how to make the present stem
(drop the re).
Know the 3 tenses formed on the present
stem (the present system---present,
imperfect, and future)
Know how to translate present tense: I
____, imperfect tense: I was _____-ing, and
future tense: I will ______.
There will NOT be verb charts (o/s/t,
bam/bas/bat, bo/bis/bit, etc.) on this test.

 Make the present, imperfect and future tense

charts for the 1st conjugation and 2nd conjugation
verbs you chose yesterday. (Do NOT use the 3rd,
3rd-io or 4th!)
Use the PRESENT STEM as your base on each chart.
Write Latin and English.
Use the same paper.
Turn it in to the basket!
amo I love
amasyou love
amath/s/i loves

amamus---we love
amatis---yall love
amant---they love

amabam---I was loving etc.

amabas
etc
amabat
etc
amabo--- I will love etc.
Etc. Etc.
Etc. Etc.

It happened in the past

nd hasnt happened sinc
And thats whats perfec
About perfect tense!

Finding the Perfect Stem

Find the third principal part of the verb.

amo

amare

amavi

amatus

The perfect stem is the third principal part i.

amavi

-i

amav-

Finding the Perfect Stem

Find the third principal part of the verb.

doceo

docere

docui

doctus

The perfect stem is the third principal part i.

docui

-i

docu-

Perfect Stem Practice

porto, portare,
portavi, portatus
terreo, terrre,
terrui, territus
maneo, manre,
mansi, mansurus
sum, esse, fui,
futurus

PORTAV TERRU MANS FU-

 The PERFECT STEM is actually used

for 3 tenses!

PERFECT
PLUPERFECT
FUTURE PERFECT

Perfect Tense Exceptions:

-I

-ISTI

Perfect Tense
HAS/HAVE -ed

-I
-IMUS
-ISTI
-ISTIS
-IT

Which Word Doesnt

Belong?

-O
-M

portabo
laudabas
legebam
amo

Which Word Doesnt

Belong?

-S

portamus
amas
ducebas
laudabis

YOU (SG.)

HE-SHE duxit
amabat
IT

-T

laudavit
legisti

Which Word Doesnt

Belong?

MU
S
WE

amamus
portavimus
doces
laudavimus

Which Word Doesnt

Belong?

-TIS

YOU

audis
portatis
amavistis
(PL.)
ducebatis

Which Word Doesnt

Belong?

-NT

THEY

laudabant
portabunt
amat
duxerunt

Tricks for Translating!

First, look at the verb ending and see
WHO is doing the verb.
Be sure you dont overlook any
letters---for example, if you see S,
make sure its not really TIS or
MUS.

PORTABAMUS

Tricks for Translating!

Second: Look for a TENSE
INDICATOR to figure out the WHEN
(tense) of the verb.

BA

WAS/WERE

BO, BI,
BU
WILL/SHALL

WE

PORTABAMUS
BA
WAS/WERE

Tricks for Translating!

Third: Complete the verb with the
WHAT (meaning).

WE
CARRY

PORTABAMUS
BA
WAS/WERE

ORTABAMU

WE WERE CARRYIN

Imperfect Tense vs. Perfect

Tense
Remember that
imperfect tense (the
ba words) show past action
uncompleted (was verbing),
repetitive (kept on verbing), or
habitual (used to verb)
fe
r
pe past action
Perfect tense shows
im c t
completed
perfect

Ex: While I was washing dishes,

the phone rang.

Imperfect Tense vs.

Perfect Tense

I saw John every

day.
I attended school
for four years.

I saw John
yesterday.
I attended school
today.

Did you play

football long?
The alarm clock
kept ringing.

Did you ever play

football?
pe
rfe
The alarm
clock
ct
te
rang.
ns
e

imperfect
tense

Libellus Verborum
Present Tense I verb, do verb, am
verbing
Imperfect Tense I was verbing, used
to verb, kept on verbing, verbed
Future Tense I will (shall) verb
Perfect Tense I verbed, have verbed,
did verb