Verbs Tense and Voice Active Voice Subject does

Verbs (Tense and Voice) Active Voice = Subject does the action of the verb. The man is praising the women. The man was praising the women. The man will praise the women. Present Tense, Active Voice Imperfect Tense, Active Voice Future Tense, Active Voice Passive Voice = Subject receives the action of the verb. The man is praised by the women. The man was praised by the women. The man will be praised by the women. Present Tense, Passive Voice Imperfect Tense, Passive Voice Future Tense, Passive Voice

In Latin, in the present, imperfect, and future tenses, voice is determined by the personal ending found on the verb. Active Voice Personal Endings o/m = subject is I s = subject is you (sing. ) t = subject is he, she, it or a nom. sing. noun mus = subject is we tis = subject is you (pl. ) nt = subject is they or a nom. pl. noun Passive Voice Personal Endings or/r = subject is I ris = subject is you (sing. ) tur = subject is he, she, it or a nom. sing. noun mur = subject is we mini = subject is you (pl. ) ntur = subject is they or a nom. pl. noun

Present Tense of voco vocare – call (Page – 179) (Active Voice) Rule = Present Stem + Personal Endings 1. voca+o 2. voca+s 3. voca+t 1. voca+mus 2. voca+tis 3. voca+nt = = = voco vocas vocat vocamus vocatis vocant I call, I am calling, I do call you call, you are calling, you do call he calls, he is calling, he does call we call, we are calling, we do call you call, you are calling, you do call they call, they are calling, they do call (Passive Voice) Rule = Present Stem + Personal Endings 1. voca+or 2. voca+ris 3. voca+tur 1. voca+mur 2. voca+mini 3. voca+ntur = = = vocor vocaris vocatur vocamini vocantur I am (being) called you are (being) called he is (being) called we are (being) called you are (being) called they are (being) called

Imperfect Tense of voco vocare – call (Page – 179) (Active Voice) Rule = Present Stem + ba + Personal Endings 1. voca+ba +m 2. voca+ba+s 3. voca+ba+t 1. voca+ba+mus 2. voca+ba+tis 3. voca+ba+nt = = = vocabam vocabas vocabat vocabamus vocabatis vocabant I was calling, I used to call, I did call you were calling, you used to call, you did call he was calling, he used to call, he did call we were calling, we used to call, we did call you were calling, you used to call, you did call they were calling, they used to call, they did call (Passive Voice) Rule = Present Stem + ba + Personal Endings 1. voca+ba +r 2. voca+ba+ris 3. voca+ba+tur 1. voca+ba+mur 2. voca+ba+mini 3. voca+ba+ntur = = = vocabaris vocabatur vocabamini vocabantur I was (being) called, I used to be called you were (being) called, you used to be called he was (being) called, he used to be called we were (being) called, we used to be called you were (being) called, you used to be called they were (being) called, they used to be called

Future Tense of voco vocare – call (Page – 179) (Active Voice) Rule = Present Stem + bi + Personal Endings 1. voca+bi +o 2. voca+bi+s 3. voca+bi+t 1. voca+bi+mus 2. voca+bi+tis 3. voca+bi+nt = = = vocabo vocabis vocabit vocabimus vocabitis vocabunt I shall call you will call he will call we shall call you will call they will call (Passive Voice) Rule = Present Stem + bi + Personal Endings 1. voca+bi +or 2. voca+bi+ris 3. voca+bi+tur 1. voca+bi+mur 2. voca+bi+mini 3. voca+bi+ntur = = = vocabor vocaberis vocabitur vocabimini vocabuntur I shall be called you will be called he will be called we shall be called you will be called they will be called