Latin Verbs Basics Review

Verb Basics Review

Verbs - Definitions

• Verbs are words that show actions or states of being

• A verb's "person" shows who is doing the action

  • first person "I/we"

  • second person "you/y'all"

  • third person "he,she,it /they"

• A verb's "number" shows how many people/things are doing a verb

  • singular - one subject

  • plural - more than one subject

• A verb's "tense" shows when a verb is taking place

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What are verbs?

• Actions

• States of being

• Things

• Ideas

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What does "person" mean when we talk about verbs?

• Person indicates the tense of the verb used.
• Person indicates who's doing the action

• Person is related to the number of syllables in a verb.
• Person refers to the subject's mood in a sentence.

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What do "singular" and "plural" mean for verbs?

• Plural verbs can only be used with collective nouns.
• Singular verbs agree with singular subjects, and plural verbs agree with plural subjects.
• Singular verbs are always in the past tense.
• Singular and plural verbs have no relation to subjects.

Verbs - Active vs. Passive

• Voice - if a verb is active or passive

• "Active" means that the subject (who/what the sentence is about) does the action

  • Emphasizes who's doing the action

    • Puella canem videt - The girl sees the dog

• "Passive means that the subject has the action done to them

  • Emphasizes who's being acted upon

    • Canis a puella videtur - The dog is seen by the girl

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Active sentences emphasize:

• the context of the action
• the action being performed
• the subject performing the action
• the object receiving the action

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Passive sentences emphasize:

• the person receiving the action

• the speaker's opinion
• the time of the action
• the action being performed

Verbs - Endings

• You can tell a verb's person, number, tense, and voice by its ending
  
  
  

• Active:
  
  
  

• Passive:

​	​Singular	Plural​
​First person	​-m/o (I verb)	​-mus (we verb)
Second person​	-s (you verb)​	-tis (y'all verb)​
Third person​	-t (He/she/it verbs)​	-nt (they verb)​

​	Singular​	​Plural
​Third person	​-tur (he/she/it is being verbed)	​-ntur (they are being verbed)

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Translate: Amamus

• We love
• We admire
• We like
• We hate

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Translate: Audiuntur

• they are seen
• they are spoken
• they are heard
• they are ignored

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Translate: Ridetis

• you (singular) laugh
• they laugh
• we laugh
• you (plural) laugh

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Translate: Doceo

• Y'all teach

• You teach
• They teach

• I teach

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Translate: Ambulas

• you run
• you jump
• you walk
• you sit

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