THE IMPERFECT TENSE

TRANSLATION -ED “DID” PLUS THE VERB “WAS/WERE” PLUS THE VERB “USED TO” PLUS THE VERB USED FOR ACTION STARTED BUT NOT COMPLETED IN THE PAST!

BASIC ENDINGS SINGULAR: -BAM -BAS -BAT PLURAL: -BAMUS -BATIS -BANT

FIRST CONJUGATION Interpello, interpellare Drop the –re from the infinitive and add endings e.g. Interpella + bam

Second Conjugation Haereo, haerere Drop the –re from the infinitive and add the endings e.g. Haere + bam

Third Conjugation Ago, agere Drop the –re from the infinitive and add the endings e.g. Age + bam

Third –io and Fourth Conicio, conicere Drop the –ere from the infinitive; add “ie” and the endings e.g. Conic + ie bam

Some Practice Verbs 3,s,I: gaudere

Gaude re Gaude Gaude bat

1,pl, I: cesso, cessare

Cessa-re Cessa Cessa bamus

3,pl, I: ago, agere

Ago, agere Age Age - bant