The Perfect Tense
The perfect tense: l Describes action that was completed in the past l Describes action done at a specific time in the past l Is often translated with the helping verbs “has” “have” or “did”
The perfect tense is expressed in Latin by a set of special endings!
Perfect tense endings lili l isti l it l imus l istis l erunt
These endings are used with verbs of all four conjugations
The first conjugation: l paravi l paravisti l paravit l paravimus l paravistis l paraverunt
The second conjugation l docui l docuisti l docuit l docuimus l docuisti l docuerunt
The third conjugation l duxi l duxisti l duxit l duximus l duxistis l duxerunt
The fourth conjugation l audivi l audivisti l audivit l audivimus l audivistis l audiverunt
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