What is the perfect tense?
The perfect tense relates to a past completed action
Dictionary definition: Perfect (adj) = absolute, complete
How many ways can the perfect tense be translated?
3 ways
Examples include: 1. I walked 2. I have walked 3. I did walk
What is the formation structure for the perfect tense?
3rd principal part stem + endings: -i, -isti, -it, -imus, -istis, -erunt
Stems vary by conjugation
What is the perfect tense stem for the 1st conjugation?
-amav
Example: amo, amare
What is the perfect tense stem for the 2nd conjugation?
-habu
Example: habeo, habere
What is the perfect tense stem for the 3rd conjugation?
All irregular
Examples include: rego, regere
What is the perfect tense stem for the 4th conjugation?
-audiv
Example: audio, audire
What is the perfect tense stem for the 5th conjugation?
All irregular
No specific example provided
Fill in the blank: The conjugation present tense ‘ama’ changes to _______ in the perfect tense.
amav
Fill in the blank: The conjugation present tense ‘habe’ changes to _______ in the perfect tense.
habu
True or False: The verb ‘sum’ translates to ‘I have been’ in the perfect tense.
True
What are the present tense forms of the verb ‘sum’?
- sum = I am
- es = You are
- est = He/She is
- sumus = We are
- estis = You (pl) are
- sunt = They are
What are the imperfect tense forms of the verb ‘sum’?
- erat = He/She was
- eras = You were
- eram = I was
- eramus = We were
- eratis = You (pl) were
- erant = They were
What are the perfect tense forms of the verb ‘sum’?
- fui = I have been
- fuisti = You have been
- fuit = He/She has been
- fuimus = We have been
- fuistis = You (pl) have been
- fuerunt = They have been
Fill in the blank: The verb ‘adsum’ means _______.
I am here
Fill in the blank: The verb ‘absum’ means _______.
I am not here
