Imperfect Tense Latin I Nov. 18-22, 2013

Verb-tober-fest! You’ve already learned: Present tense verbs Future tense verbs WOW…CELEBRATE!

New Tense This Week! Imperfect Tense… a type of past tense We’ll be working out-of-order in your book Ready? Eamus! (Let’s go!)

Imperfect Tense Text p. 180 (lesson 26) Imperfect tense is a past tense. It shows past action uncompleted. There are several ways to translate imperfect tense: was verbing used to verb kept on verbing verbed

Finding the Present Stem amo, amare laboro, laborare paro, parare porto, portare specto, spectare AMA- LABORA- PARA- PORTA- SPECTA- STEMS! 

Imperfect Active Tense Endings The present active tense = Present Stem + Imperfect Active Endings Singular Plural First Person BAMUS We were… BAM I was… BATIS You were… Second Person You were… BAS he, she, it was… Third Person BAT BANT They were…

Imperfect Tense bamus Ama bam Ama Ama batis Ama bas Ama bat Ama bant I was loving I used to love I kept on loving I loved bamus First Person We were loving (etc.) Ama bam Ama You were loving You used to love You kept on loving You loved Second Person You were loving… (etc.) Ama batis Ama bas He was loving… (etc.) Third Person They were loving (etc.) Ama bat Ama bant

Your turn! On the whiteboard, practice the imperfect tense using the verb porto, portare: carry. Write the Latin and English chart. -BAM: I was… -BAMUS: We were… -BAS: you were… -BATIS: y’all were… -BAT: he/she/it was… -BANT: they were…

Imperfect Tense Practice Spectabamus Portabat Amabas Parabatis Navigabam Monstrabant We were watching He/she/it was carrying You were loving Y’all were preparing I was sailing They were showing

Future Active Tense (p. 56 in text) Future Tense Endings Future Active Tense (p. 56 in text) Singular Plural 1st -BO (I will...) -BIMUS (we will…) 2nd -BIS (you will...) -BITIS (y’all will…) 3rd -BIT (he/she/it will…) -BUNT (they will…)

Imperfect Tense BA BA BA BA BA

WAS/WERE WAS/WERE WAS/WERE Imperfect Tense WAS/WERE WAS/WERE WAS/WERE

BA WAS/WERE

Future Tense Bi Bi Bo Bu

Future Tense WILL SHALL WILL

Bo, bi, bu WILL/SHALL

Which Meaning? portabo I carry I was carrying I will carry

Which Meaning? portabunt They will carry I was carrying They carry

Which Meaning? portabit He will carry I carry You were carrying

Which Meaning? portabam I carry I was carrying I will carry

Which Meaning? portabas I will carry He carries You were carrying

Which Meaning? portabant They were carrying I will carrying They carry

Verb quiz cards You must write in LARGE letters and write EXACTLY as shown, with the dashes/hyphens in place!

amo ama- specto specta- navigo naviga- porto porta-

laudo lauda- dono dona- paro para- -bo -bam

-bunt -ba- -bi- -s -t -mus -tis -nt