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Perfect Active and Passive Past Tense. Perfect (Past) Tense While the imperfect tense refers to a continuing action or state in the past, the perfect.

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1 Perfect Active and Passive Past Tense

2 Perfect (Past) Tense While the imperfect tense refers to a continuing action or state in the past, the perfect indicates either a single act in the past or a completed action. I learned Latin: I taught Latin: I saw you: N.B. It can also refer to an action completed just before the present time (the action has just been completed). In English the auxiliary verb “have” or “has” indicates this distinction. I have learned the perfect tense. Ms. Maung has taught us perfect tense.

3 Perfect Tense for All Conjugation Verbs Paro, parare, paravi, paratus to prepare Perfect Active: 3 rd pp - i+ endings SingularDefinitionPluralDefinition 1 st ParaviI prepared: I have prepared ParavimusWe prepared: We have prepared 2 nd ParavistiYou prepared: you have prepared ParavistisYou all prepared: You all have prepared 3 rd ParavitHe/she/it prepared: He/she/it has prepared ParaveruntThey prepared: They have prepared

4 Paro, parare, paravi, paratus to prepare Perfect Passive: 4 th pp + irregular Present SinDefPluDef 1Paratus sum Parata sum Paratum sum I have been prepared Parati sumus Paratae sumus Parata sumus We have been prepared 2 Paratus es Parata es Paratum es You have been prepared Parati estis Paratae estis Parata estis You all have been Prepared 3Paratus est Parata est Paratum est He/she/it has been prepared Parati sunt Paratae sunt Parata sunt They all have been prepared

5 Practice Lego, legere, legi, lectum to read, to choose Mitto, mittere, misi, missum to send Tempto, temptare, temptavi, temptatum to try


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