Latin I Capita V/VI Formative Quick Review

Capita V/VI Formative Quick Review

Verbs Have Numbers

• Number refers to how many people are completing the action

• For singular verbs, only one person is completing the action

• For plural verbs, more than one person is completing the action

  
  

Multiple Select

Select all of the plural verbs:

• ambulabam

• dicebant

• dabatis

• eramus

• vocabas

Verbs Have Persons

• There are three verbal persons

• First person pronouns are I (ego) and we (nos)

• Second person pronouns are you (tu) and y'all (vos)

• Third person pronouns are he/she/it (is/ea/id) and they (ei/eae/ea). Third person verbs can also employ non-pronoun subjects like regina or taurus

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a second person verb?

• legebam

• docebatis

• scribebat

• vincebamus

Verbs Have Tenses

• So far we have learned two tenses: present and imperfect

• Latin uses the present tense to talk about things happening now (hodie) and the imperfect tense to talk about things ongoing in the past (heri)
  

Multiple Choice

Hodie, ego ___ vaccas sed heri, ego ___ tauros.

• specto, spectabam

• spectabam, specto

• spectabas, specto

• spectabam, spectabam

Imperfect Tense Verbs

• The imperfect tense is one of Latin's past tenses

• To show the past tense, drop the -re off of the infinitive, add -ba- and then add endings

• Latin has an irregular verb, esse, that follows its own patterns. It is best to memorize its irregular forms

Multiple Select

Select all of the imperfect tense verbs:

• amatis

• movebas

• eratis

• est

• stabant

Negative Commands

• Commands can either be positive (Verb!) or negative (Don't verb!)

• To make a negative of any Latin verb, the verb noli (or nolite for plural) is used, plus the infinitive (2nd principal part) of whatever verb is being commanded NOT to do.

Multiple Choice

For the verb , habeo, habēre, habui, habitus, which principal part is used to form negative commands?

• habeo

• habēre

• habui

• habitus

Multiple Choice

Which of the following forms would translate to "Don't walk!"

• Noli ambulare!

• Non ambulas.

• Ambulate!

• Ambulamus.

Poll

How confident do you feel about this test?

• I'm going to fail.

• I'm not going to fail but I won't do well.

• I'll do alright.

• I'm going to ace this!