Grammar - Week 27

Question 1

The sign of the 3rd conjugation

Answer 1

All verbs whose present infinitive active end in -ere (with the first e short) belong to the 3rd conjugation.

Question 2

Formation of the Imperfect Tense

Answer 2

Verbs in the imperfect tense are formed on the present stem.

Question 3

Perfect stem

Answer 3

The perfect, pluperfect, and future perfect tenses are built on the perfect stem.

Question 4

The sign of the 2nd conjugation

Answer 4

All verbs whose present infinitive active ends in -ēre belong to the 2nd conjugation.

Question 5

Finding and using the present stem

Answer 5

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.

Question 6

Uniqueness of imperfect and future active and indicative

Answer 6

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

Question 7

Three present tense forms in English

Answer 7

The three present tense forms in English are: 1. You praise. 2. You are praising. 3. You do praise.

Question 8

Third person direct reflexives

Answer 8

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.

Question 9

Four principal parts of the 4th conjugation

Answer 9

The endings of the four principal parts of verbs in the 4th declesions are: -iō, -īre, -īvī, -ītus (audiō, audīre, audīvī, audītus).

Question 10

Personal endings of verbs

Answer 10

The personal endings of all Latin verbs are:

-ō or -m, -s, -t, -mus, -tis, -nt

Question 11

Three characteristics of verbs

Answer 11

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.)

Question 12

Tense sign for Future Tense

Answer 12

The tense sign bi is the sign of the future tense.

Question 13

The sign of the 1st congutation

Answer 13

All verbs whose present infinitive active ends in -āre belong to the 1st conjugation.

Question 14

Principal Parts

Answer 14

The Principal parts are the four main forms on whose stems all the other forms of the verb are built.

Question 15

The grammatical concept of person

Answer 15

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)

Question 16

Tense sign for Imperfect Tense

Answer 16

The tense ba is the sign of the imperfect tense.

Question 17

Direct reflexives

Answer 17

A pronoun that refers back to the subject of its own clause is a direct reflexive.

Question 18

Three ways to ask questions in Latin

Answer 18

Interrogative adverbs, pronouns, and particles are three ways questions can be asked in Latin.

Question 19

Four principal parts of 1st conjugation (laudō)

Answer 19

The endings of the four principal parts of hte 1st conjugation are: -ō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus. (laudō, laudāre, laudāvī, laudātus)

Question 20

Agreement of possessive adjectives

Answer 20

Possessive adjectives agree with the noun they modify in case, number, and gender.

Question 21

Four principal parts of the 2nd conjugation (moneō)

Answer 21

The endings of the four principal parts of the 2nd conjugation are: -eō, -ēre, -uī, -itus.

Question 22

Uniqueness of future indiciative active of the 3rd conjugation

Answer 22

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.

Question 23

Distinguishing feature of the 1st conjugation

Answer 23

The ending in the 1st conjugation begins with a.

Question 24

Three forms of the perfect indicative active in English

Answer 24

The perfect indicative active is expressed in English in three forms.:

1.) I praised. 2.) I did praise. 3.) I have praised.