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Past tenses: imperfect & perfect

Past tenses: imperfect & perfect. Tense : indicates when the action (verb) occurs We know the present tense . Present tense verbs occur now, in the present, at this moment Examples : pavonem paro I prepare the peacock tu coquis you cook pavonem consumit he eats the peacock.

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Past tenses: imperfect & perfect

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  1. Past tenses: imperfect & perfect

  2. Tense: indicates when the action (verb) occurs • We know the present tense. Present tense verbs occur now, in the present, at this moment • Examples: pavonemparoI prepare the peacock tucoquis you cook pavonemconsumithe eats the peacock Tense we know:present

  3. Imperfect: the action (verb) occurred in the past but over a period of time • In English we use ‘was ____ing,’ ‘were ____ing,’ ‘used to _____,’ or ‘kept on ____ing’ • In Latin BA signals that a verb is imperfect • Examples: plaudebat he was clapping emebant they were buying agebat he used to do superabant they kept on overpowering imperfect

  4. Perfect: the action (verb) occurred in the past and only once • In English we use ‘_____ed,’ ‘has ____ed,’ or ‘have ____ed’ to say that an action occurred once in the past • In Latin the 3rd principle part signals that a verb is perfect. Usually the 3rd principle part has one of these special letters: SUVX But if it doesn’t, memorizing the 3rd principle part is always a sure answer. • Examples: plausit he clapped emerunt they bought egit he has done (did) superaverunt they have overpowered perfect

  5. o s tnt • The perfect tense has special endings. • Instead of the that you are used to the perfect uses • These endings are another way you can recognize the perfect tense. Just watch out! 3rd person singular endings are identical!! i isti t erunt Perfect tense’s special endings

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