Grammar - Week 30

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

Personal endings of verbs

Answer 2

The personal endings of all Latin verbs are:

-ō or -m, -s, -t, -mus, -tis, -nt

Question 3

Three forms of the perfect indicative active in English

Answer 3

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

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

Question 4

Three characteristics of verbs

Answer 4

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 5

Uniqueness of imperfect and future active and indicative

Answer 5

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 6

Third person direct reflexives

Answer 6

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 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

Ablative of Means

Answer 8

The ablative without a preposition is used to express a non-living agent or the means or instrument by which something is done.

Question 9

Principal Parts

Answer 9

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

Question 10

Ablative of Agent

Answer 10

When an action is done by a living agent, it is expressed in Latin by using the preposition ā/ab.

Question 11

The sign of the 2nd conjugation

Answer 11

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

Question 12

Uniqueness of future indiciative active of the 3rd conjugation

Answer 12

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 13

Passive voice

Answer 13

A verb is in the passive voice when the subject is the person or thing to which the action is done.

Question 14

Three ways to ask questions in Latin

Answer 14

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

Question 15

Tense sign for Imperfect Tense

Answer 15

The tense ba is the sign of the imperfect tense.

Question 16

Formation of the Imperfect Tense

Answer 16

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

Question 17

Finding and using the present stem

Answer 17

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 18

Direct reflexives

Answer 18

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

Question 19

Agreement of possessive adjectives

Answer 19

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

Question 20

Four principal parts of the 2nd conjugation (moneō)

Answer 20

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

Question 21

Perfect stem

Answer 21

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

Question 22

Tense sign for Future Tense

Answer 22

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

Question 23

Active voice

Answer 23

A verb is in the active voice when teh subject is the person or thing that performs the action.

Question 24

Distinguishing feature of the 1st conjugation

Answer 24

The ending in the 1st conjugation begins with a.

Question 25

Four principal parts of the 4th conjugation

Answer 25

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

Question 26

The grammatical concept of person

Answer 26

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 27

The sign of the 1st congutation

Answer 27

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

Question 28

Four principal parts of 1st conjugation (laudō)

Answer 28

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