Chapter 5 Grammar

Question 1

How do you form the imperfect?

Answer 1

stem + ba + personal ending

Question 2

Conjugate “amāre” in the imperfect.

Answer 2

• amābam = I used to love
• amābās = you used to love
• amābat = he/she/it used to love
• amābāmus = we used to love
• amābātis = y’all used to love
• amābant = they used to love

Question 3

To form the future…

Answer 3

stem + bi + personal ending

Question 4

What’s “amāre” in the future tense? Conjugate it fully.

Answer 4

• amābō = I will love [not amābiō b/c it’d sound weird]
• amābis = you will love
• amābit = he/she/it will love
• amābimus = we will love
• amābitis = y’all will love
• amābunt = they will love [not amābint b/c it’d sound weird]

Question 5

Conjugate “terrēre” in the imperfect.

Answer 5

• terrēbam = I used to terrify
• terrēbās = you used to terrify
• terrēbat = he/she/it used to terrify
• terrēbāmus = we used to terrify
• terrēbātis = y’all used to terrify
• terrēbant = they used to terrify

Question 6

What’s “terrēre” in the future tense? Conjugate it fully.

Answer 6

• terrēbō = I will terrify [not terrēbiō b/c it’d sound weird]
• terrēbis = you will terrify
• terrēbit = he/she/it will terrify
• terrēbimus = we will terrify
• terrēbitis = y’all will terrify
• terrēbunt = they will terrify [not terrēbint b/c it’d sound weird]

Question 7

How do you decline masculine adjectives ending in -er?

Answer 7

1. Find the stem by removing the -a from the feminine singular.
2. Add the normal endings (just note that sometimes the ‘e’ is dropped in the nominative and vocative).