Grammar - Week 17

Question 1

Three characteristics of verbs

Answer 1

In both English and Latin, verbs change their form to express person, number, and tense. (There are actually more than three but we will study only three.)

Question 2

The grammatical concept of person

Answer 2

Grammatical person indicates either 1st person (the person speaking: I, we), 2nd person (person spoken to: you), 3rd person (person spoken of: he, she, it, they)

Question 3

Principal Parts

Answer 3

The Principal parts are the four main forms on whose stems all the other forms of the verb are built.

Question 4

The sign of the 1st congutation

Answer 4

All verbs whose present infinitive active ends in -āre belong to the 1st conjugation.

Question 5

Four principal parts of 1st conjugation (laudō)

Answer 5

The endings of the four principal parts of hte 1st conjugation are: -ō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus. (laudō, laudāre, laudāvī, laudātus)

Question 6

Finding and using the present stem

Answer 6

The present stem is found by dropping the ending from teh 2nd principal part and the present, imperfect, and future tenses are placed on the present stem.

Question 7

Personal endings of verbs

Answer 7

The personal endings of all Latin verbs are:

-ō or -m, -s, -t, -mus, -tis, -nt

Question 8

Distinguishing feature of the 1st conjugation

Answer 8

The ending in the 1st conjugation begins with a.

Question 9

Three present tense forms in English

Answer 9

The three present tense forms in English are: 1. You praise. 2. You are praising. 3. You do praise.