1. Imperfect Tense
Latin I
Nov , 2013

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

3. 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!)

4. 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

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

6. 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…

7. 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

8. 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…

9. 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

10. 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…)

11. Imperfect Tense BA BA BA BA BA

12. WAS/WERE WAS/WERE WAS/WERE
Imperfect Tense
WAS/WERE
WAS/WERE
WAS/WERE

13. BA
WAS/WERE

14. Future Tense Bi Bi Bo Bu

15. Future Tense
WILL
SHALL
WILL

16. Bo, bi, bu
WILL/SHALL

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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