Look for Tense Indicators Look at the Verb ending Look for Tense Indicators Translate o i s isti t it nt erunt none BA VSUX Present Imperfect Perfect personal endings perfect endings
Principal Parts How do you form verb tenses in Latin? 1st person singular present present infinitive “to love” 1st person singular perfect participial form change verbs to adjectives amo amare amavi amatus perfect stem drop - i of 3rd principal part present stem drop - re of infinitive BA V,S,U,X present imperfect perfect amo I love amas you love amat he loves amant they love amabam I was loving amabas you were loving amabat he was loving amabant they were loving amavi I loved amavisti you loved amavit he loved amaverunt they loved am, is, are loving do or does love love, loves was or were loving used to love loved has or have loved did love