S2 Week 13 Grammar Flashcards
Tell me about absum
Absum is a compoun of the preposition ab and the verb sum, so it is conjugated like sum.
It is used with ab or ā and an ablative noun
What are five verb attributes?
voice, mood, tense, number, and person
Rule 142
What are the two verb voices?
active and passive
Rule 143
What is an active verb?
An active verb represents the subject as acting or being.
Rule 144
What is a passive verb?
A passive verb represents the subject as acted upon.
Rule 145
What are the three moods?
indicative, subjunctive, imperative
Rule 146
What are the six verb tenses?
present, imperfect, future, perfect, pluperfect, and future perfect
Rule 147
What are the two verb numbers?
singular or plural
Rule 148
What are the three verb persons?
First (the one speaking - I, we)
Second (the one spoken to - you)
Third (the one spoken of - he, she, it, they)
Rule 149
What does conjugation mean?
Conjugation consists in adding the proper endings to the proper stem to show the different voices, moods, tenses, numbers, and persons.
What is the PERFECT ACTIVE SYSTEM?
The PERFECT ACTIVE SYSTEM is used to form the perfect, pluperfect, and future perfect tenses.
How do you find the PERFECT ACTIVE STEM?
Drop the ending -ī of the third principal part.
laudāvi –> stem: laudāv-
monuī –> stem: monu-
mīsī –> stem: mīs-
audīvī –> stem: audīv-
fuī –> stem: fu-
What does the perfect indicative active tense express?
A past action
I praised
I did praise
I have praised
What are the perfect tense endings?
Rule 174, 177, 178, 179
ī
istī
it
imus
istis
ērunt
Note: the endings are the same for all 4 conjugations
Conjugate “sum” in the perfect tense
fuī
fuistī
fuit
fuimus
fuistis
fuērunt
