Grammar - Week 24 Flashcards
Four principal parts of the 4th conjugation
The endings of the four principal parts of verbs in the 4th declesions are: -iō, -īre, -īvī, -ītus (audiō, audīre, audīvī, audītus).
Three present tense forms in English
The three present tense forms in English are: 1. You praise. 2. You are praising. 3. You do praise.
Three characteristics of verbs
In both English and Latin, verbs change their form to express person, number, and tense. (There are actually more than three but we will study only three.)
Direct reflexives
A pronoun that refers back to the subject of its own clause is a direct reflexive.
Finding and using the present stem
The present stem is found by dropping the ending from teh 2nd principal part and the present, imperfect, and future tenses are placed on the present stem.
Tense sign for Imperfect Tense
The tense ba is the sign of the imperfect tense.
Third person direct reflexives
When a third person pronoun refers back to the subject of its own clause, a form of suī, rather than is, ea, id must be used.
Tense sign for Future Tense
The tense sign bi is the sign of the future tense.
Uniqueness of imperfect and future active and indicative
To find the endings of the imperfect and future indicative of the 4th conjugation, the 4th conjugation puts in -i before the endings of the 3rd
Uniqueness of future indiciative active of the 3rd conjugation
The future indicative active of the 3rd conjugation is different from the 1st and 2nd declensions. While the personal endings are the same, there is no tense sign, and the vowel of the ending changes.
Distinguishing feature of the 1st conjugation
The ending in the 1st conjugation begins with a.
The grammatical concept of person
Grammatical person indicates either 1st person (the person speaking: I, we), 2nd person (person spoken to: you), 3rd person (person spoken of: he, she, it, they)
The sign of the 2nd conjugation
All verbs whose present infinitive active ends in -ēre belong to the 2nd conjugation.
Three ways to ask questions in Latin
Interrogative adverbs, pronouns, and particles are three ways questions can be asked in Latin.
Formation of the Imperfect Tense
Verbs in the imperfect tense are formed on the present stem.