Ch 16 Grammar Flashcards
What are the imperfect tense verb endings
bam
bās
bat
bāmus
bātis
bant
What are three parts of a verb?
person, number, and tense
What does person tell you?
Who is doing the action
What does number tell you?
How many are doing the action
What does tense tell you?
When something happens (tense is time)
When is the present tense?
things happening right now
What is the imperfect tense?
shows ongoing, continuous action in the past
If you put “I walk” in the imperfect how would it be translated?
“I was walking”
What does parse mean?
To identify all of the words parts (you can parse nouns and verbs)
What are the three parts of a noun?
Case, number, and gender
How do you put a verb into the imperfect tense
- find the stem of the verb (take of the “-re” from the second principle part, the infinitive)
- add the imperfect ending