Perfect System 1st Conjugation Action & Sum Verbs

Question 1

The 3rd Principal Part of a verb (amo, amare, AMAVI, amatus) is the 1st person singular of the Perfect Tense.

Answer 1

Got it? Ex: AMAVI, amavisti, amavit….

Question 2

There are 3 tenses in the Perfect System. What are they?

Answer 2

perfect, pluperfect, future perfect

Question 3

When do you use the perfect tense in the Perfect System?

Answer 3

When an action occurred at one point in the past. Ex: I ran.

Question 4

How do you find the stem of an action verb in the Perfect System?

Answer 4

Take the “i” off of the 3rd Principal Part. Ex: amo, amare, AMAVI, amatus Take off the “i” in Amavi to make the stem amav. Then you can add any Perfect System ending.

Question 5

In the Perfect System, what are the perfect tense endings?

Answer 5

i, isti, it, imus, istis, erunt

Question 6

Translate amavi, amavisti, amavit, amavimus, amavistis, amaverunt

Answer 6

I loved, you loved, he/she/it loved, yall loved, they loved

Question 7

In the Perfect System, what are the pluperfect tense endings?

Answer 7

eram, eras, erat, eramus, eratis, erant

Question 8

Translate amaveram, amaveras, amaverat, amaveramus, amaveratis, amaverant

Answer 8

I had loved, you had loved, he/she/it had loved, we had loved, yall had loved, they had loved

Question 9

What helping verb helps translate pluperfect tense verbs?

Answer 9

had ex: I had loved

Question 10

When do we use the pluperfect tense?

Answer 10

When describing a past action completed before another past action. Ex: I had finished my homework when the bell rang. “I had finished” would be in the pluperfect tense. It happened before another past action, being the doorbell.

Question 11

In the Perfect System, what are the future perfect tense endings?

Answer 11

ero, eris, erit, erimus, eritis, erint

Question 12

Translate amavero, amaveris, amaverit, amaverimus, amaveritis, amaverint (notice the INT!)

Answer 12

I will have loved, you will have loved, h/s/i will have loved, we will have loved, yall will have loved, they will have loved

Question 13

What helping verbs help translate the future perfect verbs?

Answer 13

will have ex: will have loved

Question 14

How do we learn the perfect, pluperfect and future perfect forms of sum?

Answer 14

Add “fu’” to the endings!

Question 15

In the Perfect System, what are the perfect forms of sum?

Answer 15

fu’-i, fu’-isti, fu’it, fu-imus, fu’-istis, fu’erunt. Do you see how the endings used in the perfect tense are the same in the perfect form of sum, it is just that “fu” have been added!

Question 16

Translate fu’i, fu’isti, fuit, fuimus, fu’istis, fu’erunt

Answer 16

I have been, you have been, h/s/i has been, we have been, you have been, they have been

Question 17

In the Perfect System, what are the pluperfect forms of sum

Answer 17

fu’eram, fu’eras, fu’erat, fu’eramus, fu’eratis, fu’erant

Question 18

Translate fu’eram, fu’eras, fu’erat, fu’eramus, fu’eratis, fu’erant

Answer 18

I had been, you had been, h/s/i had been, we had been, yall had been, they had been

Question 19

What helping verbs help translate pluperfect form of sum?

Answer 19

had or has been ex: you had been

Question 20

In the Perfect System, what are the future perfect forms of sum

Answer 20

fu’ero, fu’eris, fu’erit, fu’erimus, fu’eritis, fu’erint

Question 21

Translate fu’ero, fu’eris, fu’erit, fu’erimus, fu’eritis, fu’erint

Answer 21

I will have been, you will have been, h/s/i will have been, we will have been, yall will have been, they will have been

Question 22

What helping verbs help translate future perfect form of sum?

Answer 22

will have been

Question 23

When do you use the future perfect?

Answer 23

When you want to describe a future action that will be completed before another future action. Ex: By the end of Hallelujah’s pregnancy she will have birthed at least one baby goat. “She will have birthed” would be in the future perfect tense.