Things are Getting Tense
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What's Different?
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English to Latin
100
The -ē stem vowel signifies this tense.
What is future?
100
Scrībēbam
What is first person singular, past (imperfect)?
100
This is missing from the future tense of 3rd conjugation.
What is -bi?
100
This is the translation of 'Quid agunt?'.
What is 'What are they doing?'
100
I lead.
What is ágō?
200
The present tense is indicated by these three vowels.
What is i, ō, and u?
200
Miittēmus
What is first person plural, future?
200
This is the way to distinguish between 2nd conjugation infinitives and 3rd conjugation infinitives.
What is the macron that appears in 2nd conjugation infinitives?
200
This is the translation of 'Hominem ad mē dūcēbant?'.
What is 'They were leading the man to me."?
200
You (all) were leading.
What is 'agēbātis'?
300
-ō signifies first person, singular in this tense.
What is present?
300
Agunt
What is third person singular, present?
300
These are the four irregular 3rd conjugation verbs in the imperative tense.
What is dīc, dūc, fac, and fer?
300
This is the translation of 'Librōs bonōs scrībēs.'
What is 'You will write good books.'?
300
Put (imperative plural)
What is 'pōnite'?
400
This is the only difference between the imperfect tense of 1st and 2nd conjugations and 3rd conjugations.
What is the stem vowel is changed to -ē?
400
Scrībent
What is third person plural, future?
400
This short, unaccented vowel changes from singular imperative to plural imperative.
What is -e to -i?
400
This is the translation of 'Puerī magistrō grātiās nōn agunt.'
What is 'The boys do not thank the teacher.'?
400
We shall do
What is 'agēmus'?
500
This is the sign of all forms of the future tense except for first person singular.
What is -ē?
500
Agis
What is second person singular, present?
500
This disappears altogether in the first person singular of 3rd conjugation verbs.
What is the short, unaccented stem vowel?
500
This is the translation of 'Ratiō hominēs ad bonam vītam dūcere potest.'
What is 'Reason can lead men to a good life.'?
500
Scrībunt
What is 'they are writing'?
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