Grammar Flashcards
Give the 6 attributes of a Latin verb
Conjugation, person, number, tense, voice, mood
Verb families are called
Conjugations
Give the three grammar persons
1st, 2nd, 3rd person
Give the two grammar numbers
Singular and plural
The stem vowel of the first conjugations
a
In English, i praise is the _____ present, I am praising is _______ present, and I do praise is the _________ present
Simple, progressive and emphatic
The imperfect tense sign
ba
What English helping verbs translate the imperfect tense
Was and were
How many words are needed to make a Latin sentence
1
The future tense sign is
bi
What English helping verb translates the Latin future tense
Will
Name the 3 tenses that make up the present system
Present, imperfect and future
The forms that provide the stems needed to conjugate a verb in all its tenses are called the
Principal parts
Give the regular endings for the principal parts of 1st conjugation verbs
O , are, avi, atus
What is the me of the 2nd principal part
Infinitive
What English helping verb translates the pluperfect tense
Had
What English helping verbs translate the future perfect tense
Will have
Name the tenses that make up the perfect system
Perfect, pluperfect, future perfect
Give the English forms of the “to be” verb
Am, are, is,was, were, be, being, been
How do you find the perfect stem
Drop the i from third principal part
How do you find the present stem
Drop the re from the 2nd principal part
Gender that refers to male and female creatures is ________ gender
Natural
A 2nd declension noun whose nominative singular ends in us is usually __________
Masculine
The genitive singular ending of 2nd declension nouns is ___________
I
