Chapter 13

What does tense refer to? time of the verb

Per Viam Appiam iter faciebant. They were traveling along the Appian Way. Syrus equos verberbat. Syrus did whip the horses. Syrus kept whipping the horses.

The imperfect tense can be recognized by the tense sign _________________that appears ___________________ the personal endings.   Verbs in the imperfect tense describe _____________that took place in _________ ___________ and that were _____________ or______________. -ba- -eba- -era- in front of actions past time continuous repeated

They were traveling. continuous, repeated like movie film   They traveled. completed like still picture  

time present past -ba- sum, esse possum, posse -era- Activity 1 - Fill in the blanks.   1. When we refer to the tense of the verb, we mean the _________________________ when the action occurs.  2. The action of a present tense verb happens in the _________________________, but the action of an imperfect tense verb was happening in the ______________________.  3. The imperfect tense in Latin is indicated by the tense sign _________________, which which appears before the personal endings, -o or –m, -s, -t, -mus, –tis, -nt  4. Exceptions to this rule are the irregular verbs ______________ and ________________ which have the letters ____________ in their imperfect forms. time present past -ba- sum, esse possum, posse -era-

. Activity 2 – Identify whether the following verbs are in the present or imperfect tense. 1. invenit __________ 6. ferunt __________ 11. erat__________ 2. ambulat __________ 7. poterat__________ 12. volebat _________ 3. iubebat __________ 8. sunt __________ 13. vitat __________ 4. erant __________ 9. latrant __________ 14. faciebat _________ 5. ibant __________ 10. quiescebant ______ 15. fert _________  

Activity 4: Conjugate each verb in the present then imperfect. rule and stem ______________________________________ Present Latin - singular English - singular Latin - plural English - plural 1st: 2nd: 3rd: tense sign ________________________________________ Imperfect Latin - singular English - singular Latin - plural English - plural 1st: 2nd: 3rd:

Activity 5 – Translate 1. Liberi tabellarium spectabant. 2 Activity 5 – Translate 1. Liberi tabellarium spectabant. 2. Cornelius, ubi epistulas scribebat, uxorem et liberos vidēre nolebat. 3. Cornelius gaudebat quod omnes incolumes erant.

4. Dormiebasne. , Syre. Minime vero (no indeed),. domine 4. Dormiebasne*, Syre? Minime vero (no indeed), domine! Ego placide per viam ibam(I was going). 5. Appropinquabatne* cisium placide? Minime! Celerrime per viam ibat. 6. Syrus tabellarium vitāre poterat quod equos tenebat.

7. Cur tu celeriter iter faciebas. 8 7. Cur tu celeriter iter faciebas? 8. Cornelia, quae defessa erat, in cubiculo dormiebat. 9. Nos raedas magnā arte agebamus.

10. Latrabant canes; per agros currebant;. Getam invenīre non poterant 10. Latrabant canes; per agros currebant; Getam invenīre non poterant. 11. Flavia misera erat quod Cornelia in villā manēre non poterat.