Present System 1st Conjugation Action & Sum Verbs

Question 1

We will use amo, amare, amavi, amatus to study the 1st conjugation action verb endings & meanings.

Answer 1

Got it?

Question 2

The Present System has 3 different tenses so you when you use the Present System you can say something is happening now (Present), something happened in the past over a continuous amount of time (Imperfect) and that something happened in the future (Future).

Answer 2

Understand?

Question 3

In the Present System, how do you find the stem of a verb, like amo, amare, amavi, amatus, that you will add endings to?

Answer 3

You take the “re” off of the 2nd Principal Part. So “amare” becomes “ama” and endings like, o,m,t,mus,tis,nt or bam, bas, bat, bamus…. or bo, bis, bit…can be added to it to say what you want to say.

Question 4

In the Present System, what are the present tense endings that you would add to a verb stem?

Answer 4

o, s, t, mus, tis, nt

Question 5

How do the following translate? amo, amas, amat, amamus, amatis, amant

Answer 5

(amo) i love, (amas) you love, (amat) he/she/it loves, (amamus) we love, (amatis) yall love, (amant) they love

Question 6

In the Present System, which tense do you use to say that something happened in the past over a period of time?

Answer 6

Imperfect

Question 7

In the Present System, what are the imperfect tense endings that you would add to a verb stem?

Answer 7

bam, bas, bat, bamus, batis, bant

Question 8

How do the following translate? amabam, amabas, amabat, amabamus, amabatis, ambant

Answer 8

I WAS loving, you WERE loving, he/she/it WAS loving, we WERE loving, yall WERE loving, they WERE loving

Question 9

What helping verbs helps you translate the imperfect tense in both action verbs and when you use the imperfect form of sum?

Answer 9

WAS & WERE ex: I WAS loving=amabam, or eram= I was

Question 10

In the Present System, what are the future tense endings that you would add to a verb stem?

Answer 10

bo, bis, bit, bimus, bitis, bunt

Question 11

In the Present System, which tense do you use to say that something happened in the future?

Answer 11

Future

Question 12

What are the 3 tenses in the Present System?

Answer 12

Present, Imperfect, Future

Question 13

How do the following translate? amabo, amabis, amabit, amabimus, amabitis, ambunt

Answer 13

I WILL love, you WILL love, he/she/it WILL love, we WILL love, yall WILL love, they WILL love

Question 14

What helping verb helps you translate the future tense?

Answer 14

Will ex: I will love = amabo

Question 15

What are the Present System, present tense forms of sum?

Answer 15

sum, es, est, sumus, estis, sunt

Question 16

Translate sum, es, est, sumus, estis, sunt

Answer 16

I am, you are, he/she/it is, we are, you are, they are

Question 17

What are the Present System, imperfect tense forms of sum?

Answer 17

eram, eras, erat, eramus, eratis, erant

Question 18

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

Answer 18

I WAS, you WERE he/she/it WAS, we WERE, yall WERE, they WERE

Question 19

What helping verbs help you translate in the imperfect tense?

Answer 19

was & were

Question 20

What helping verbs help you translate in the future tense of sum?

Answer 20

will be ero=I will be

Question 21

What are the Present System, future tense forms of sum?

Answer 21

ero, eris, erit, erimus, eritis, erunt

Question 22

Translate ero, eris, erit, erimus, eritis, erunt

Answer 22

I will be, you will be, he/she/it will be, we will be, yall will be, they will be

Question 23

When do you use they irregular verb sum?

Answer 23

When there is no action. Ex: I am a girl. There is no action. It is just a state of being.