ALL ABOUT VERBS!!!

TERMS:1. Person(6) = subject of the verb

(see verb chart!)2. Number(2) = singular or plural3. Tense(6) = time the action occurs

i.e. Present, Imperfect, Perfect4. Mood(3) = speaker’s attitude

towards what is happening i.e. Indicative (statements or facts); Imperative (commands!)

5. Voice(2) = Active (subject PERFORMS action); Passive (subject is being ACTED ON)

TERMS CONT.

6.Conjugation(4):verb type or grouping; determined by infinitive form

7. Tense(6): “time” the verb’s action occurs; present, imperfect, future, perfect, pluperfect, future perfect

8. Stem: foundation of a verb; base used to form different tenses

9. Dictionary Forms: reveals verb’s conjugation, stems, meaning

ALL ABOUT VERBS!!! CONT.

FORMS:1. Infinitive = verbs that end in –re

(“to verb”)2. Imperative = verbs that end in a

vowel, -te. Verbs that use “noli + infinitive” and “nolite + infinitive”

3. Main Verb = may be an action or linkPRINICPAL PARTS:

Verbs have 4 forms called Principal Parts. Each part is used to form one of our 6 Latin verb tenses. Each part may also be used to create a different “form” of the verb.

ALL ABOUT VERBS!!! CONT.DICTIONARY FORM OF A VERB:

amō, amāre, amavī , amatum- to love

1st prin. pt. 2nd prin. pt. 3rd prin. pt. 4th prin. pt. def.

1st person sing., Infinitive 1st person Perf. Passive

Present Tense sing., Perf. Participle

Tense

“I love” “to love” “I loved” “having been

verbed”

CONJUGATIONS: determined by the infinitive ending1ST Conjugation = āre2nd Conjugation = ēre3rd /3rd ioConjugation = ere4th Conjugation = īre

STEM VOWELS FOR PRESENT TENSE

-a

1

-e

2

3

-i/-u (-i/-iu)

4

-i/-iu

STEM VOWELS FOR IMPERFECT

-a1

-e2

3

-e(-ie)

4

-ie

ALL ABOUT VERBS!!! PRACTICE, PRACTICE!!!

I. Tell which conjugation each verb belongs to.1. sedere - __________ 2. venīre - _______3. ambulāre - ________ 4. terrēre - ______

II. Tell the tense of each verb and translate.1. sederunt - ______________________ 2. veniēbam - ______________________3. terruit - _________________________4. ambulō - _________________________5. sedēs - _____________________________

III. Give the tense, person, and number of each1. pugnabamus 2. nuntiavistis

3. vidit 4. promittunt