Chapter 10 Tenses Flashcards
1st-3rd Person Sg. Imperfect
-bam -bas -bat
1st-3rd Person Pl. Imperfect
-bamus -batis -bant
1st-3rd Person Sg. & Pl. Imperfect
-bam -bamus -bas -batis -bat -bant
1st Person Sg. Imperfect
-bam
2nd Person Sg. Imperfect
-bas
3rd Person Sg. Imperfect
-bat
1st Person Pl. Imperfect
-bamus
2nd Person Pl. Imperfect
-batis
3rd Person Pl. Imperfect
-bant
Imperfect Tenses of supersum [all]
1st Person Sg. superabam 1st Person Pl. superabamus 2nd Person Sg. superabas 2nd Person Pl. superabatis 3rd Person Sg. superabat 3rd Person Pl. superabant
Imperfect Tenses of supersum [sg.]
1st Person Sg. superabam ‘I was overcoming’ 2nd Person Sg. superabas ‘You were overcoming’ 3rd Person Sg. superabat ‘he/she/it was overcoming’
Imperfect Tenses of supersum [pl.]
1st Person Pl. superabamus “We were overcoming” 2nd Person Pl. superabatis ‘you all were overcoming’ 3rd Person Pl. superabant ‘they were overcoming’
1st person imperfect tenses of supersum
superabam ‘I was overcoming’ superabamus “We were overcoming”
2nd person imperfect tenses of supersum
superabas ‘You were overcoming’ superabatis ‘you all were overcoming’
3rd person imperfect tenses of supersum
superabat ‘he/she/it was overcoming’ superabant ‘they were overcoming’
1st person singular imperfect of supersum
superabam ‘I was overcoming’
1st person plural imperfect of supersum
superabamus “We were overcoming”
2nd person singular imperfect of supersum
superabas ‘You were overcoming’
2nd person plural imperfect of supersum
superabatis ‘you all were overcoming’
3rd person singular imperfect of supersum
superabat ‘he/she/it was overcoming’
3rd person plural imperfect of supersum
superabant ‘they were overcoming’
Imperfect Tenses of video [all]
1st Person Sg. videbam 1st Person Pl. videbamus 2nd Person Sg. videbas 2nd Person Pl. videbatis 3rd Person Sg. videbat 3rd Person Pl. videbant
Imperfect Tenses of video [sg.]
1st Person Sg. videbam 2nd Person Sg. videbas 3rd Person Sg. videbat
Imperfect Tenses of video [pl.]
1st Person Pl. videbamus 2nd Person Pl. videbatis 3rd Person Pl. videbant
1st person imperfect tenses of video
1st Person Sg. videbam ‘I was seeing’ 1st Person Pl. videbamus ‘we were seeing’
2nd person imperfect tenses of video
2nd Person Sg. videbas ‘you were seeing’ 2nd Person Pl. videbatis ‘you all were seeing’
3rd person imperfect tenses of video
3rd Person Sg. videbat ‘he/she/it was seeing’ 3rd Person Pl. videbant ‘they were seeing’
Imperfect Tenses of lego [all]
1st Person Sg. legebam ‘I was reading’ 1st Person Pl. legebamus ‘we were reading’ 2nd Person Sg. legebas ‘you were reading’ 2nd Person Pl. legebatis ‘you all were reading’ 3rd Person Sg. legebat ‘he/she/it was reading’ 3rd Person Pl. legebant ‘they were reading’
Imperfect Tenses of lego [sg.]
1st Person Sg. legebam ‘I was reading’ 2nd Person Sg. legebas ‘you were reading’ 3rd Person Sg. legebat ‘he/she/it was reading’
Imperfect Tenses of lego [pl.]
1st Person Pl. legebamus ‘we were reading’ 2nd Person Pl. legebatis ‘you all were reading’ 3rd Person Pl. legebant ‘they were reading’
When do you use the imperfect tense?
You use the imperfect tense when an action in the past is continuous, repeated or incomplete.
What is the root for the 1st-4th conjugations for the imperfect tense? (parō, moneō, rēgo, audiō)
1st conj. parā- 2nd conj. monē- 3rd conj. reg- 4th conj. audi-
What is the root for the 1st conjugation for the imperfect tense? parō
parā-
What is the root for the 2nd conjugation for the imperfect tense? moneō
monē-
What is the root for the 3rd conjugation for the imperfect tense? rēgo
(1. I rule, govern 2. I guide, steer)
pg. 85 Oxford Grammar
reg-
What is the root for the 4th conjugation for the imperfect tense? audiō
audi-
When is the perfect tense most used?
The perfect tense is most often used to express completed past actions.
1st-3rd person perfect singular
-ī -istī -it
1st-3rd person perfect plural
-imus -istis -ērunt
1st-3rd person perfect [all]
-ī; -imus -istī; -istis -it; -ērunt
1st person perfect singular
-ī
1st person perfect plural
-imus
2nd person perfect singular
-istī
2nd person perfect plural
-istis
3rd person perfect singular
-it
3rd person perfect plural
-ērunt
1st-3rd person imperfect -io singular
-ie-ba-m -ie-ba-s -ie-ba-t
1st-3rd person imperfect -io plural
-ie-ba-mus -ie-ba-tis -ie-ba-nt
1st-3rd person imperfect -io [all]
-iebam; -iebamus -iebas; -iebatis -iebat; -iebant
1st person imperfect -io singular
-ie-ba-m cap-ie-ba-m ‘I was seizing’ aud-ie-ba-m ‘I was hearing’
1st person imperfect -io plural
-ie-ba-mus cap-ie-ba-mus ‘We were seizing’ aud-ie-ba-mus ‘We were hearing’
2nd person imperfect -io singular
-ie-ba-s cap-ie-ba-s ‘You were seizing’ aud-ie-ba-s ‘You were hearing’
2nd person imperfect -io plural
-ie-ba-tis cap-ie-ba-tis ‘You all were seizing’ aud-ie-ba-tis ‘You all were hearing’
3rd person imperfect -io singular
-ie-ba-t cap-ie-ba-t ‘he/she/it was seizing’ aud-ie-ba-t ‘he/she/it was hearing’
3rd person imperfect -io plural
-ie-ba-nt cap-ie-ba-nt ‘they were seizing’ aud-ie-ba-nt ‘They were hearing’
The perfect tense is formed from which principle part?
The perfect stem (third principle part minus the -i).
Perfect Tenses of superō [all]
superav-i; superav-imus superav-istī; superav-istis superav-it; superav-ērunt
Perfect Tenses of superō [sg.]
1st Sg. superav-i ‘I overcame/I have/did overcome’ 2nd Sg. superav-istī ‘You overcame’ 3rd Sg. superav-it ‘he/she/it overcame’
Perfect Tenses of superō [pl.]
1st Pl. superav-imus ‘We overcame’ 2nd Pl. superav-istis ‘You all overcame’ 3rd Pl.superav-ērunt ‘They overcame’
Imperfect Tenses of sum [all]
eram; erāmus erās; erātis erat; erant
Imperfect Tenses of sum [sg.]
eram ‘I was’ erās ‘You were’ erat ‘he/she/it was’
Imperfect Tenses of sum [pl.]
erāmus ‘we were’ erātis ‘you all were’ erant ‘they were’