Week 13 Grammar

Question 1

In both English and Latin, verbs change their form to show __________, ___________, and ____________.

Answer 1

Person, number, tense

See purple book pages 99-101

Question 2

Latin verbs have different endings called __________

Answer 2

conjugations

Question 3

How many principal parts do Latin verbs have?

Answer 3

four

Question 4

What are the four principal parts of Latin verbs?

Answer 4

1st person sing, present indicative active (laudō - I praise)

present infinitive active (laudāre - to praise)

1st person sing, perfect indicative active (laudāvī - I praised)

perfect participle passive (laudātus - having been praised)

Question 5

What are the endings of the 1st conjugation principal parts?

Answer 5

ō āre āvī ātus

ex:
laudō, laudāre, laudāvī, laudātus

Question 6

How do you recognize 1st conjugation verbs?

Answer 6

The 2nd principal part ends in -ĀRE

Question 7

What are the final personal sign endings?

Answer 7

o (or m)
s
t

mus
tis
nt

Question 8

How do you find the stem of present system verbs?

Answer 8

drop the ending of the infinitive (2nd principal part)

ex. to find the stem of laudāre, drop the āre and you are left with laud.

Question 9

How do you conjugate laudō in the present tense?

Answer 9

laudō
laudās
laudat

laudāmus
laudātis
laudant

Question 10

What is another name for 1st conjugation verbs?

Answer 10

The A-CONJUGATION

because the pattern is

stem - a - personal ending

(except in 1st person singular)

Question 11

A finite verb agrees with its subject in __________ and ___________.

Answer 11

person and number

Question 12

What are three different ways you can translate a present tense verb?

For example, what are three ways to translate laudō?

Answer 12

I praise

I am praising

I do praise