Latin Verb Jeopardy

Definitions

100

Define THREE of the following verbs: legere; tradere; olfacere; scire; cadere (their meaning in English)

Latin 1 student

legere = to read; tradere = to hand over; olfacere = to smell; scire = to know; cadere = to fall

200

Define THREE of the following verbs: ludere; facere; effugere; ferire

ludere = to play; facere = to do/make; effugere = to flee; ferire = to strike

300

Give the Latin infinitive for THREE of the following verbs: to come upon, to welcome, to drag out, to throw, to drive off

to come upon: invenire; to welcome: excipere to drag out: extrahere to throw: iacere to drive off: repellere

400

Give the Latin infinitive for THREE of the following verbs: to stay, to not know, to grab hold of, to guard

to promise: promittere; to not know: nescire; to grab hold of: arripere; to guard: custodire

500

Explain how TWO of these pairs of Latin verbs are similar in form AND meaning: invenire - venire; scire - nescire; trahere - extrahere; facere - olfacere

All of these verbs have the same base infinitive (though one word in the pair has an extra prefix that changes the meaning). venire - to COME, invenire - to COME upon; scire - to KNOW, nescire - to not KNOW; trahere - to DRAG, extrahere - to DRAG out; facere - to DO, olfacere - to smell (i.e. to DO something with your nose)

Conjugations

100

There are ____ conjugations.

5

200

What are the endings we have to add to a verb stem for (Latin 1 student)

We (nos)

You all (vos)

Marcus et Sextus

Pick whatever verb and show!

mus

tis

nt

paramus, paratis, parant

300

Identify the conjugation of the following verbs: taceo, tacere; vinco, vincere; laudo, laudare; dormio, dormire

taceo: 2nd; vinco: 3rd; laudo: 1st; dormio: 4th

400

Explain how to identify the conjugation of a verb. Give at least one example.

You use the first and second dictionary forms - the ending of these two forms will tell you the conjugation. Example: monEO, monERE tells you it's 2nd (-eo, -ere = 2nd)

500

Give ONE example of a verb for EACH conjugation. The infinitive form will be enough.

1st: laudare, ambulare, amare; 2nd: monere, tacere, habere; 3rd: agere, cadere, vincere; 3rd IO: facere, olfacere, arripere; 4th: audire, dormire, ferire

Present Tense

100

List all of the present tense endings

-o, -s, -t, -mus, -tis, -nt

200

What conjugation(s) use the vowel E in the present tense?

2nd

300

What conjugation(s) use the vowel I in the present tense?

3rd, 3rd IO and 4th

400

Conjugate TWO of the following verbs in the present tense for the subject NOS: audire, ponere, ridere, olfacere

audimus, ponimus, ridemus, olfacimus

500

Conjugate BOTH of these verbs in the present tense: duco, ducere AND sedeo, sedere

duco, ducis, ducit, ducimus, ducitis, ducunt; sedeo, sedes, sedet, sedemus, sedetis, sedent

Imperfect Tense

100

List all of the Imperfect Tense endings

-bam, -bas, -bat, -bamus, -batis, -bant

200

What conjugation(s) use the vowel E in the imperfect tense?

2nd and 3rd

300

What conjugation(s) use the vowels IE in the imperfect tense?

3rd IO and 4th

400

Conjugate TWO of the following verbs in the imperfect tense for the subject EGO: portare, agere, excipere, sedere

portabam, agebam, excipiebam, sedebam

500

Conjugate BOTH of these verbs in the imperfect tense: olfacio, olfacere AND amo, amare

olfaciebam, olfaciebas, olfaciebat, olfaciebamus, olfaciebatis, olfaciebant; amabam, amabas, amabat, amabamus, amabatis, amabant

irregular verbs

100

to be

esse

200

to be (able to!!!), infinitive and first singular

posse, possum

300

he wants, they want

vult, volunt

400

to to: give at least 3 correct forms of ire in Present Tense and in Imperfect tense

eo, is, it, imus, itis, eunt

ibam, ibas, ibat, ibamus, ibatis, ibant

500

Translate:

Daedalus was the father of Icarus (Latin 2 student)

Daedalus is the father of Icarus (Latin I student)

Daedalus erat pater Icari

Daedalus est pater Icari