Grammar - Week 24

Question 1

Four principal parts of the 4th conjugation

Answer 1

The endings of the four principal parts of verbs in the 4th declesions are: -iō, -īre, -īvī, -ītus (audiō, audīre, audīvī, audītus).

Question 2

Three present tense forms in English

Answer 2

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

Question 3

Three characteristics of verbs

Answer 3

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 4

Direct reflexives

Answer 4

A pronoun that refers back to the subject of its own clause is a direct reflexive.

Question 5

Finding and using the present stem

Answer 5

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 6

Tense sign for Imperfect Tense

Answer 6

The tense ba is the sign of the imperfect tense.

Question 7

Third person direct reflexives

Answer 7

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.

Question 8

Tense sign for Future Tense

Answer 8

The tense sign bi is the sign of the future tense.

Question 9

Uniqueness of imperfect and future active and indicative

Answer 9

To find the endings of the imperfect and future indicative of the 4th conjugation, the 4th conjugation puts in -i before the endings of the 3rd

Question 10

Uniqueness of future indiciative active of the 3rd conjugation

Answer 10

The future indicative active of the 3rd conjugation is different from the 1st and 2nd declensions. While the personal endings are the same, there is no tense sign, and the vowel of the ending changes.

Question 11

Distinguishing feature of the 1st conjugation

Answer 11

The ending in the 1st conjugation begins with a.

Question 12

The grammatical concept of person

Answer 12

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 13

The sign of the 2nd conjugation

Answer 13

All verbs whose present infinitive active ends in -ēre belong to the 2nd conjugation.

Question 14

Three ways to ask questions in Latin

Answer 14

Interrogative adverbs, pronouns, and particles are three ways questions can be asked in Latin.

Question 15

Formation of the Imperfect Tense

Answer 15

Verbs in the imperfect tense are formed on the present stem.

Question 16

Four principal parts of the 2nd conjugation (moneō)

Answer 16

The endings of the four principal parts of the 2nd conjugation are: -eō, -ēre, -uī, -itus.

Question 17

Four principal parts of 1st conjugation (laudō)

Answer 17

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

Question 18

Personal endings of verbs

Answer 18

The personal endings of all Latin verbs are:

-ō or -m, -s, -t, -mus, -tis, -nt

Question 19

Principal Parts

Answer 19

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

Question 20

The sign of the 1st congutation

Answer 20

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

Question 21

The sign of the 3rd conjugation

Answer 21

All verbs whose present infinitive active end in -ere (with the first e short) belong to the 3rd conjugation.