Latin-Verb Basics Flashcards
What are the 3 Mood Forms?
Indicative, Imperative, and Subjunctive
What are the 3 BASIC tenses?
Past, Present, and Future
What does P.N.T.M.V stand for?
Person, number, tense, Mood, and voice
What is the Indicative case used for?
To ask questions, and verify based on fact
What is the Imperative case used for?
To issue commands
What does Dative + The form of the verb “to be” do?
Show Possession
What are the 5 cases for verbs?
Nominative, Genitive, Dative, Accusative, And Ablative
Nominatives and Accusatives look the same, and in plural form they both end with WHAT?😱
An “a”
“Sine qua non” means what?
Without which not, a necessity
What does the word “Declension” refer to?
A group of nouns, which follow a similar pattern of endings
What pattern do most verbs in Latin usually follow? (Or, system of endings)
Singular Plural ———————— -o -Mus -s -tis -t -nt
How many personal endings do Latin verbs have?
6
What do personal endings do for Latin verbs?
Help establish who is the subject of the verb
What is the person or thing affected by the action of the verb?
The Direct Object
What does a conjugation refer to?
A group of verbs
