Ch 8 Grammar

Question 1

What is a conjugation?

Answer 1

A group of verbs that share a similar pattern for their endings

Question 2

What does the second conjugation verb end in?

Answer 2

ē (for example: videō)

Question 3

What does the first conjugation verb end in?

Answer 3

ā

Question 4

In the first conjugation the ā stem vowel is swallowed by the first person personal ending ō (for example the stem for amō is amā, but the ā is swallowed by the ō), what happens in the second conjugation?

Answer 4

the e is not swallowed by the personal endings (for example: videō)

Question 5

What is the third principle part

Answer 5

perfect

Question 6

The third principle part is the stem for what three tenses?

Answer 6

perfect, pluperfect, and future perfect

Question 7

How do you find the stem for the third principle part?

Answer 7

drop the ī from the word (for example the third principle part for videō is vidī, so the stem for the third principle part is vid-)

Question 8

What kind of action does the perfect portray?

Answer 8

past action that has been completed

Question 9

What kind of action does the imperfect portray?

Answer 9

past action that was ongoing or incomplete

Question 10

How do you form the perfect tense?

Answer 10

Add the perfect tense personal endings to the third principal part (not the first principle part like the present, imperfect, and future does)

Question 11

What are the perfect tense stem endings?

Answer 11

ī imus
istī istis
it ērunt

Question 12

What are the three ways to translate the perfect? (Use videō as an example of translation)

Answer 12

I watched
I have watched
I did watch

Question 13

Note: Review the following Latin Paradigms

Answer 13

1. Ch 8_Latin Verb Forms_Perfect
2. Ch 8_Latin Verb Forms_Second Conjugation