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Lesson XXVI Imperfect Tense

Lesson XXVI Imperfect Tense. Past Tenses. So far, we have learned two types of past tenses in Latin: perfect and imperfect. Although both are past tense, they express different shades of the past. Review: Perfect Tense. The perfect tense expresses past action completed.

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Lesson XXVI Imperfect Tense

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  1. Lesson XXVIImperfect Tense

  2. Past Tenses • So far, we have learned two types of past tenses in Latin: perfect and imperfect. • Although both are past tense, they express different shades of the past.

  3. Review: Perfect Tense • The perfect tense expresses past action completed. • It is formed from the 3rd principal part of the verb. • It uses these endings: • i -imus • isti -istis • it -erunt

  4. Review: Perfect Tense • porto, portare, portavi, portatus: carry • PORTAVI minus –i ==== PORTAV- • portaviportavimus • portavistiportavistis • portavitportaverunt

  5. Review: Perfect Tense • Perfect tense can be translated 3 ways: • I verbed • I did verb • I have verbed

  6. Imperfect Tense • Imperfect tense is past tense that expresses action occurring over a period of time. • The action is repeated, customary, or continuous. • It is formed using the 2nd principal part of the verb. • Its endings are: • bam bamus • bas batis • bat bant -BA! -BA!

  7. Imperfect Tense • porto, portare, portavi, portatus: carry • PORTARE minus RE === PORTA- • portabamportabamus • portabasportabatis • portabatportabant -BA! -BA!

  8. Imperfect Tense • Imperfect tense can be translated 5 ways: • I was verbing • I used to verb • I kept on verbing • I verbed • I would (ordinarily, usually) verb

  9. Perfect vs. Imperfect Tense • You used to send money. • He was holding the sign. • He has held the sign. • We have not heard the report. • We kept on hearing the report. • We were beginning to yield. • They would not watch the fight. • They did not watch the fight. • Imperfect • Imperfect • Perfect • Perfect • Imperfect • Imperfect • Imperfect • Perfect

  10. Imperfect Tense of “Sum” • The verb “sum” (to be) has its own forms for imperfect tense. • eram(I was, used to be)eramus(we were, used to be) • eras (you were, used to be)eratis(you were, used to be) • erat(h/s/i was, used to be)erant(they were, used to be) -ERA! -ERA!

  11. Practice Sentences: Imperfect and Perfect Tenses (turn in Latin + English) • Multosnelibroslegistis? • Puellaepueriquelitterasscribebant. • In casamveniebam; ibiamicummeumvidi. • Marcus amicumvocabat, sed amicus non audivit. • Multosequos in viisvidebamus, sednuncubisuntequi? • Multi viri in agrishabitabant, sednunc ad oppidamigraverunt.

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