the name for noun families
verb families
conjugations
mensa
table
the three grammar persons
1st, 2nd, 3rd
civis romanus sum
I am a roman citizen
the subject case
nominative
present system is built on the
present stem
supero
I overcome, surpass
imperfect means
not finished
principal parts of sto
sto, stare, stati, status
genitive singular noun ending
-ae
helping verbs that translate the perfect tense
have, has, did
natare
to swim
the three English articles
a, an, the
pluperfect tense of sum
fuream, fueras, fuerat, fuéramus, fueratis, fuerant
the case of a noun refers to this
its job
how to find the perfect stem
drop i from the third p.p.
demonstrare
to show, point out
1st conjugation principal parts
o, are, avi, atus
sum principal parts
sum, esse, fui, futurus
the possessive case
genitive
future perfect tense describes this type of action
a future action completed prior to another future action
muto
I change
something that completes the action of the verb
complement
then we will fight in the shade