Verb Tenses: Present, Imperfect, Perfect, Pluperfect

pono, ponere, posui - to place

translate ponebas

• you were placing

• I was placing

• I placed

• you placed

Answer explanation

-s = you, -ba= was/were verbing

pono, ponere, posui - to place

translate posui

• you were placing

• I was placing

• I placed

• you placed

Answer explanation

perfect tense uses the 3rd principal part + endings

pono, ponere, posui - to place

translate posuisti

• you were placing

• I was placing

• I placed

• you placed

Answer explanation

perfect tense uses the 3rd principal part + endings

-isti= you s.

pono, ponere, posui - to place

Translate: posuerat

• he placed

• he is placing

• he had placed

• he was placing

Answer explanation

pluperfect = 3rd principal part + era + endings

pono, ponere, posui - to place

Translate: ponit

• he placed

• he is placing

• he had placed

• he was placing

Answer explanation

no tense marker = present tense

pono, ponere, posui - to place

Translate: posuerant

• they had placed

• they did place

• they were placing

• they have placed

Answer explanation

pluperfect = 3rd p.p. + era + endings, HAD Verbed

pono, ponere, posui - to place

Translate: posuerunt

• they had placed

• they are placing

• they were placing

• they have placed

Answer explanation

perfect = -verbed, has/have verbed, did verb

pono, ponere, posui, to place

choose all the perfect tense verbs

• posui

• posueras

• posuit

• posuerant

• posuerunt

tollo, tollere, sustuli - to raise, lift up

Translate: tollit

• he lifts

• he was lifting

• he lifed

• he had lifted

Answer explanation

the present tense uses the 2nd principal part

tollo, tollere, sustuli - to raise, lift up

Translate: tolebat

• he lifts

• he was lifting

• he lifed

• he had lifted

Answer explanation

the imperfect tense has "-ba" in it and is translated was/were verbing