Unit I: Grammar Questions Flashcards
Always in Latin and usually in English, c, g, and sc are soft before…
e, i, ae, oe
Always in Latin and usually in English, c, g, and sc are hard before…
a, o, u, consonants
In Latin and English hard c has the sound of…
/k/
Soft c has the sound of
______ in English and
______ in Latin
/s/
/ch/
In Latin, gn is pronounce like ______.
/ny/
pugno (I fight)
magnus (large)
Give the names, from left to right, of the last three syllables of a Latin word.
antepenult, penult, ultima
Verb families are called…
conjugations
How many conjugations are there? Name them.
four
first, second, third, fourth
Give the six attributes of a Latin verb.
conjugation, person, number, tense, voice, mood
Give the three grammar persons.
first person, second person, third person
The first person is the person ____________.
speaking
The second person is the person _____________.
spoken to
The third person is the person __________.
spoken about
Give the two grammar numbers.
singular, plural
How many Latin tenses are there? Name them.
Six
present, imperfect, future
perfect, pluperfect, future perfect
The stem vowel of the 1st Conjugation is _____.
a
Give the names of the three forms of the English present tense.
simple present
progressive present
emphatic present
In English
- I praise* is the ________ present,
- I am praising* is the _________ present
- I do praise* is the ________ present.
simple
progressive
emphatic
In Latin imperfect means __________.
not finished
What is the imperfect tense sign?
ba
The imperfect tense is used to describe an _______, _______, or _______ action.
ongoing, repeated, or interrupted
What English helping verbs translate the imperfect tense?
were, was
What are the two basic parts of a sentence?
Subject and predicate
What does the subject tell us?
who or what the sentence is about
What does the predicate tell us?
what the subject is or does
What is Sentence Pattern 1?
subject + verb
What English helping verb translates the Latin future tense?
will
What are the three tenses that make up the Present System?
present, imperfect, future
The Present System is built on the ________ stem.
present
What are principal parts? How many are there?
The forms that provide the stems needed to conjugate a verb in all its tenses.
There are usually four p.p.
What is the name of the 2nd principal part?
infinitive
What is the infinitive ending for all 1st conjugation verbs?
are
(amare)
How do you find the present stem?
Drop the -re from the infinitive
(ama/re)
The English infinitive is written with the particle ______ before the verb.
to
The to be verb shows ________ not_________.
existence not action
Give the English forms of the to be verb.
am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been
