Personal Endings Review T HESHEIT NT THEY Perfect

Personal Endings Review

-T HE-SHE-IT

-NT THEY

Perfect Tense Exceptions: -I

Which Word Doesn’t Belong? • portabo • laudabas • legebam • amo

Which Word Doesn’t Belong? • portamus • amas • ducebas • laudabis

-T • duxit • amabat • laudaverit • legisti HE-SHE-IT

Which Word Doesn’t Belong? • amamus • portavimus • docta es • laudaveramus

Which Word Doesn’t Belong? • audis • portatae estis • amavistis • ducebatis

Which Word Doesn’t Belong? -NT THEY • laudabant • portabuntur • amatur • duxerunt

Tricks for Translating! • First, look at the verb ending and see WHO is doing the verb (or who is being done something to…if it’s passive voice). • Be sure you don’t overlook any letters---for example, if you see –S, make sure it’s not really –TIS or –MUS.

PORTABAMUS

Tricks for Translating! • Second: Look for a TENSE INDICATOR to figure out the WHEN (tense) of the verb.

WAS/WERE

WILL/SHALL

Perfect Active Tense The present active tense = Present Stem + Present Active Endings Singular First Person Second Person Third Person Plural i I imus we isti you istis you it he, she, it erunt they Perfect Active Endings

Past Perfect/Pluperfect Tense -ERA-ERA-

Future Perfect Tense -ERI-ERO-

PORTABAMUS BA WAS/WERE

Tricks for Translating! • Third: Complete the verb with the WHAT (meaning).

CARRY PORTABAMUS BA WAS/WERE

PORTABAMUS

AM…. am being…

WAS/WERE was being…

WILL… will be…