Tenses revision Flashcards
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Present active indicative
Can be translated three ways -
I am loving, I love, I do love.
present active infinitive
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.
Imperfect active indicative
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.
Future active indicative
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.