The Present Tense Flashcards
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`What is the ending for Active first, second, third and fourth conjunction Present 1st principal part verbs?
Amo
Moneo
Traho
Audio
What is the first principle part ending?
Amo: the base verb, 1st person, singular, present, active, indicative
i love
Second principle part?
Amare: Infinitive
to love
Third principle part?
Amavi:
i loved
i have loved
Fourth principle part?
Amatus:
loved
what do first conjugation verbs normally end with?
o, are, avi, atus
e.g., amo, amare, amavi, amatus
What do second conjugation verbs normally end with?
eo, ere, ui, itus
e.g., Moneo, monere, monui, monitus
normally the long e is present in the first and second principle part, not in the third and fourth. Yet this is not a strict rule to follow.
What do third conjugation verbs normally end with?
o, ere, i, tus
Tego, tegere, texi, tectus
What do fourth conjugation verbs normally end with?
io, ire, ivi, itus
e.g., Audio, audire, audivi, auditus
What is the present tense?
Something happening in the present e.g., i love
What is the imperfect tense?
habitual, or incomplete actions in the past, often translated as “was/were + -ing” or “used to”
e.g., i was loving
What is the Perfect tense?
Completed past: something that has been done
e.g.,
i have loved
What is the Future tense?
Something happening in the future
i will love
What is the Pluperfect tense?
To expresses an action completed before another past action
e.g., he had loved
How to form present tense verbs?
- identify present stem
- write in 1st principle part
- add personal endings to stem: o, s, t, mus, tis, nt
3rd conjugation stem varies (i)
the plural 3rd and 4th ends unt
What does the cause cum + subjunctive indicate?
- When (temporal)
- Since/because (casual)
- Although (concessive)
What does the temporal cause dum + indicative indicate?
- While
- as long as
- all the time
- until
what does the temporal clause dum + subjuntive present/imperefect sub indicate?
- until but subjective (reffering to envisaged events)
e.g., we are waiting until you come
- as long as
- provided that
the negative takes ne not non
Antequam and priusquam: does it take indicative orn subjuntive if its expressing an event happening or happened?
Indicative
e.g,
this happened before i was born: hoc accidit antequam natus sum
Example of antequam/priusquam subjuntive? (its defiantly not a Conjunction)
cape illum antequam evadat! “Catch him before he escapes!”
envisaged event: subjuntive
give definitions to these:
ne
num
an
uttum…an
si
nisi
ne: question
num: whether
an: i suspect
uttum…an: whether..or
si: if
nisi: if not
What is an absolute ablative?
Noun and participle in ablative case showing time or circumstance of action:
e.g., Caesar acceptis litteris nuntum mittit
Caesar, with the letter recived, sends a letter
How to form a participle?
- take the 2nd pp and remove -re and place -ns e.g., docere - docens
(this is the nominative singular)
nom singular doesnt own a t, everything else does such as docent
this declines adjectivally:
nom: docens docentes
gen: docentis docentium
dat: docenti docentibus
acc: docentem docentes
abl: docenti docentibus
what is a supine?
Verbal noun from the 4th principle part: e.g., vocatus
Accusative: (-um) after verbs denoting motion and purpose e.g., letter was sent to ask for help
Ablative: (-u) after neuter adjectives (commonly) e.g., dictu: to say