Lesson 6 Future Tense Verbs Oct , 2013
Review: Genitive Case The genitive case is used to show possession and is translated with “of.” Casa Marci est magna. The house of Marcus is big. Cibus servorum est parvus. The food of the slaves is small.
Future Tense Verbs The future tense refers to something that will or is going to happen at a future time. In English, we use the helping verbs “will” or “shall” to express future tense. Latin uses prefixes on the present tense verb endings to make future tense verb endings, like this…
Future Tense Endings SingularPlural 1 st -BO (I will...)-BIMUS (we will…) 2 nd -BIS (you will...)-BITIS (y’all will…) 3 rd -BIT (he/she/it will…) -BUNT (they will…) Future Active Tense (p. 56 in text)
Finding the Present Stem Review (yes, the old present stem works for future verbs, too!) amo, amare laboro, laborare paro, parare porto, portare specto, spectare AMA- LABORA- PARA- PORTA- SPECTA-
First Person Second Person Third Person Amabo Amabis Amabit Ama bimus bitis bunt I will love You will love He/she/it will love We will love Ya’ll will love They will love Future Active Tense (p. 56 in text)
Your turn! navigo, navigare---to sail Write out its future tense chart on your whiteboard. SingularPlural 1 st -BO (I….)-BIMUS (we…) 2 nd -BIS (you….)-BITIS (y’all) 3 rd -BIT (he/she/it…) -BUNT (they…)
Let’s practice translating future tense verbs! 1.amabo 2. spectabit3. portabunt 4. parabitis 5. spectabis 6. parabo 7. laborabit 8. laborabimus SingularPlural 1 st -BO (I….)-BIMUS (we…) 2 nd -BIS (you….)-BITIS (y’all) 3 rd -BIT (he/she/it…) -BUNT (they…)
Verb Practice! The girl will work. The farmers will work. I will work. You (sg.) will work in the field. We will work on the good land. He will work in the shop. Will they work the field? You (pl.) will work in the house. 3 rd person, sg., laborabit 3 rd person, pl., laborabunt 1 st person, sg., laborabo 2 nd person, sg., laborabis 1 st person, pl., laborabimus 3 rd person, sg., laborabit 3 rd person, pl., laborabunt 2 nd person, pl., laborabitis
Ready to review vocab? Lessons V and VI
cibus food
copia supply, abundance
cura worry, care, concern
forma shape
numerus number
regina queen
clarus, clara, clarum clear, famous
planus, plana, planum level, flat
nauta sailor
pecunia money
unda wave
navigo, navigare, navigavi, navigatus sail
tum then, next
cras tomorrow
ad to, toward, near