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The Perfect System!. Sept. 20, 2012. Perfect Active System Tense Review. The Perfect System. There are 3 tenses in the perfect system: Perfect Pluperfect (Past Perfect) Future Perfect. The Perfect System. The perfect system works the same way in ALL CONJUGATIONS!
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The Perfect System! Sept. 20, 2012
The Perfect System • There are 3 tenses in the perfect system: • Perfect • Pluperfect (Past Perfect) • Future Perfect
The Perfect System • The perfect system works the same way in ALL CONJUGATIONS! • “Perfect” means something that’s completed. Perfect tenses show past action completed.
Perfect Tense vs. Imperfect Tense • I graduated high school in 1992. (perfect) • I went to Denison High School. (imperfect) • Remember that imperfect tense shows repeated or customary action. • Perfect tense shows action that’s completed, once and for all. • Since I went to DHS for 4 years, that’s imperfect tense in Latin.
Finding the Perfect Stem Find the third principal part of the verb. duco ducere duxi doctus The perfect stem is the third principal part – i. duxi - i = dux
Perfect Active Tense The present active tense = Present Stem + Present Active Endings Singular Plural First Person I imus i we istis you Second Person isti you he, she,it they erunt Third Person it Perfect Active Endings
We ledWe have ledWe did lead I ledI have ledI did lead First Person dux i dux imus You ledYou have ledYou did lead You ledYou have ledYou did lead Second Person dux istis dux isti They ledThey have ledThey did lead He ledHe has ledHe did lead Third Person dux it dux erunt Perfect Active
Past Perfect/Pluperfect Tense -ERA- had had had -ERA- had had -ERA-
Past Perfect/Pluperfect Tense -ERA- had had had -ERA- had had -ERA-
Past Perfect/Pluperfect Active Tense Perfect Stem + era + Personal Endings I had led dux m era You had led dux s era He had led dux era t dux mus We had led era dux You had led era tis nt They had led dux era
Past Perfect/Pluperfect Tense -ERA- had had had -ERA- had had -ERA-
Future Perfect Active Tense Perfect Stem + eri + Present Endings Future Perfect Active dux er o I will have led dux eri s You will have led dux eri t He will have led dux eri mus We will have led You will have led dux eri tis They will have led dux eri nt