Tenses revision Flashcards

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Present active indicative

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Can be translated three ways -

I am loving, I love, I do love.

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present active infinitive

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A verbal noun. The present active infinitive is found by dropping the personal ending from the stem of the verb, and adding -re to both conjugations.

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Imperfect active indicative

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Imperfect is a verb tense which describes an ongoing continuous action in the past, but not complete, or continuous, habitual or attempted action, or the beginning of one.

I used to advise, he kept advising, he began to advise.

Same personal endings with a -ba- between the stem and personal ending.

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Future active indicative

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A future action which can be identified by the -bi- sign. Only the first person singular and the third person plural are slightly different. Bo/bunt.

I shall advise, he will advise, they will love.

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