Verbs

Question 0

What is the ‘person’ of a verb?

Answer 0

There are 3 persons in latin, one singular and one plural.
I/we
You
He,she,it/they

Question 1

What is in a verb?

Answer 1

Person/tense, number, voice, mood and reasoning behind

Question 2

What is the ‘tense’ of a verb?

Answer 2

There are 6 voices in Latin
Now/not completed- present
Now/completed- perfect
Past/not completed- imperfect
Past/completed- pluperfect
Future/not completed- future
Future/completed- future perfect

Question 3

What is the ‘voice’ of a verb?

Answer 3

There are 2 voices in latin
Active- subject actively does the verb’s action
Passive- subject receives the action of the verb

Question 4

What is the ‘mood’ of the verb?

Answer 4

There are 4 moods in latin
Indicative- look for that, will or has
Subjunctive- look for may, might, would or could
Infinitive
Imperative- refers to a command given to ‘you’ (the second person)

Question 5

What is the present tense?

Answer 5

An action that is happening now
Eg I run, I am running, I do run
Look for -a, -e, or -i then a personal ending

Question 6

What is the imperfect tense?

Answer 6

An action that was happening in the past but was interrupted.
Eg I was running, I ran, I tried to run, I kept on running, I used to run
Look for -a, -e, or -ie, then -ba- then the personal endings

Question 7

What is the future tense?

Answer 7

An action that will be happening in the future
Eg I will run, I will be running
Look for -b/-bi/bu-

Question 8

What is the perfect tense?

Answer 8

An action that has now happened
Eg I ran, I have run
Look for -i/-isti/-it/-imus/-istis/-erunt
Perfect active- look for endings
Perfect passive- look for 'sum'

Question 9

What is the pluperfect tense?

Answer 9

An action that happened in the past, and is now completed.
Eg I had run (only form)
Look for -era- then the normal personal endings

Question 10

What is the perfect active tense?

Answer 10

An action that will be completed but only in the future
Eg I will have run (but often the present tense is used in its place)
Future Perfect- look for perfect or perfect passive stems (-i, -isti.. Or sum)
Future perfect active- look for -er-/eri then the normal personal ending.
Future Perfect Active- look for ero, eris, erit, erimus, eritis, erunt

Question 11

What an infinitive?

Answer 11

Basic meaning of -to

Very common in indirect statements