Perfect Tense Pluperfect Tense Future Perfect Tense No difference between Regular and Irregular Verbs For the last three tenses in the Active Voice, the Perfect Stem is used to conjugate the verb. Perfect Stem = Third Principal Part - i voco vocare vocavi vocatus moneo monere monui monitus sum esse fui futurus perfect stem = vocav perfect stem = monu perfect stem = fu
Rule for the Perfect Tense (Page 69) Rule Perfect Stem + i isti it Translation imus istis erunt (has, have; simple past)
voco vocare vocavi vocatus - call perfect stem = vocav 1. vocav + i 2. vocav + isti 3. vocav + it 1. vocav + imus 2. vocav + istis 3. vocav + erunt = = = vocavisti vocavit vocavimus vocavistis vocaverunt I have called, I called you have called, you called he has called, he called we have called, we called you have called, you called they have called, they called
moneo monere monui monitus - warn perfect stem = monu 1. monu + i 2. monu + isti 3. monu + it 1. monu + imus 2. monu + istis 3. monu + erunt = = = monuisti monuit monuimus monuistis monuerunt I have warned, I warned you have warned, you warned he has warned, he warned we have warned, we warned you have warned, you warned they have warned, they warned
sum esse fui futurus - be perfect stem = fu 1. fu + i 2. fu + isti 3. fu + it 1. fu + imus 2. fu + istis 3. fu + erunt = = = fuisti fuit fuimus fuistis fuerunt I have been you have been he has been we have been you have been they have been