Optima Latin A Grammar Modules 1-16

What are the principal parts of a verb?

• Verbs show action and/or a state of being

• Conjugation, tense, person, and number

• Stem and endings

• Present, infinitive, perfect, and passive participle

What do the attributes of verbs include?

• Present, imperfect, and future

• Stem and endings

• Conjugation, tense, person, number, voice, and mood

• Verbs show action and/or a state of being

How do we conjugate a verb?

• By using the stem vowel of the first conjugation

• By dropping the -re from the infinitive

• By finding the verb stem and adding the endings

• By using the present tense endings

What are the endings for the present tense?

• fuī, futūrum

• o, s, t, mus, tis, nt

• bo, bis, bit, bimus, bitis, bunt

• bam, bas, bat, bamus, batis, bant

What does the imperfect tense describe?

• An ongoing or interrupted past action

• Something happening now

• Something that will happen

• A state of being

What is the stem vowel of the second conjugation?

• e

• a

• i

• o

What are the imperfect tense endings?

• o, s, t, mus, tis, nt

• bam, bas, bat, bamus, batis, bant

• bo, bis, bit, bimus, bitis, bunt

• eram, eras, erat, eramus, eratis, erant

What are the future tense endings?

• o, s, t, mus, tis, nt

• bam, bas, bat, bamus, batis, bant

• bo, bis, bit, bimus, bitis, bunt

• eram, eras, erat, eramus, eratis, erant

Verb families are called

How do you find the stem of a verb?

• Go to the infinitive and drop the -re

• hope and pray

• look at the perfect participle

• ALWAYS change the -o to an -a