1. Look for Tense Indicators
Look at the Verb ending
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o i
s isti
t it
nt erunt
none BA
VSUX
Present
Imperfect
Perfect
personal
endings
perfect
endings

2. 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