In(tense) Chart o bam i eram s bas isti eras t bat it erat mus bamus Present (verbs) Imperfect (was verbing) Perfect (verbed) Pluperfect (had verbed) 1st S (I) o bam i eram 2nd S (you) s bas isti eras 3rd S (s/he) t bat it erat 1st P (We) mus bamus imus eramus 2nd P (Y’all) tis batis istis eratis 3rd P (They) nt bant erunt erant
perfect stem (XLSUV) + ERA ending Pluperfect in Latin perfect stem (XLSUV) + ERA ending
THE CHART portaveram I had carried portaveras you had carried portaverat he had carried portaveramus we had carried portaveratis y’all had carried portaverant they had carried
plus perfecta = pluperfect Perfect vs. Pluperfect plus perfecta = pluperfect perfect = I walked pluperfect = I had walked
Rufillia praised the slave girls who had prepared the bedroom. The guests, whom the king had invited to the palace, were sitting in the atrium. The farmer praised us because we had worked through the whole day. Belimicus, who had lost a ship, was very angry. Salvius punished me because I had fled from the house.