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Change pugnamus to the perfect, keeping the same person and number (pugn, pugnare, pugnavi)
pugnavimus
Caecilius in tablino scribit.
Caecilius is writing in the study.
I see the money.
pecuniam video.
Give the 1st person singular perfect ending.
i
What is the first principal part?
The first person (I) present form.
Change festinat to the imperfect keeping the same person and number (festino, festinare, festinavi).
festinabat.
Agricola mercatorem pulsavit.
The farmer hit the merchant.
The slave was walking in the forum.
Servus in foro ambulabat.
Say the present endings.
-o, -s, -t, -mus, -tis, -nt
Which principal part to you use for the stem of the perfect tense?
The 3rd principal part.
Give the three translations for the present tense, using the verb to laugh.
I laugh, I am laughing, I do laugh
libertus per viam festinabat.
The freedman was hurrying through the street.
The slave girls were carrying money.
ancillae pecuniam portabant.
In the imperfect what letter does the 4th conjugation add after removing the -re and before adding the imperfect endings?
an -e
Which principal part do you use to get the present stem of the verb to add the endings?
The 2nd principal part or infinitive minus the -re.
Give two translations for the imperfect tense, using the verb to laugh.
I was laughing, I used to laugh
mercatores clamorem audiverunt.
The merchants heard the shout.
The thief entered the house.
fur villam intravit.
Say the imperfect verb endings.
-bam, -bas, -bat, -bamus, -batis, -bant
Which principal part do you use to get the imperfect stem to which you add the endings?
The 2nd principal part or the infinitive minus the -re.
Give the three translations for the perfect tense, using the verb to laugh.
I laughed, have laughed, did laugh
puer furem superaverunt.
The boy overpowered the thief.
The freedman was out.
libertus aberat.
Say the perfect endings
-i, -isti, it, imus, istis, -erunt
Give the principal parts of the 1st conjugation verb
pugno.
pugno, pugnare, pugnavi, pugnatus