Grammar - Week 22 Flashcards
The sign of the 1st congutation
All verbs whose present infinitive active ends in -āre belong to the 1st conjugation.
The sign of the 2nd conjugation
All verbs whose present infinitive active ends in -ēre belong to the 2nd conjugation.
The grammatical concept of person
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)
Four principal parts of the 2nd conjugation (moneō)
The endings of the four principal parts of the 2nd conjugation are: -eō, -ēre, -uī, -itus.
Three present tense forms in English
The three present tense forms in English are: 1. You praise. 2. You are praising. 3. You do praise.
Personal endings of verbs
The personal endings of all Latin verbs are:
-ō or -m, -s, -t, -mus, -tis, -nt
Principal Parts
The Principal parts are the four main forms on whose stems all the other forms of the verb are built.
Three ways to ask questions in Latin
Interrogative adverbs, pronouns, and particles are three ways questions can be asked in Latin.
Direct reflexives
A pronoun that refers back to the subject of its own clause is a direct reflexive.
Formation of the Imperfect Tense
Verbs in the imperfect tense are formed on the present stem.
Distinguishing feature of the 1st conjugation
The ending in the 1st conjugation begins with a.
Finding and using the present stem
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.
Four principal parts of 1st conjugation (laudō)
The endings of the four principal parts of hte 1st conjugation are: -ō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus. (laudō, laudāre, laudāvī, laudātus)
Third person direct reflexives
When a third person pronoun refers back to the subject of its own clause, a form of suī, rather than is, ea, id must be used.
Tense sign for Future Tense
The tense sign bi is the sign of the future tense.
