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FF One 021 Lesn VIII
First Form One 021 - Lesson VIII - First Conjugation - Perfect Tense
Question | Answer |
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How do you find the "perfect stem" of a verb? | The perfect stem is found by dropping the personal ending -i from the third principal part. |
For a Latin verb, what does "perfect" mean? | For a Latin verb, "perfect" means "completed". |
What kind of action does the perfect tense describe? | The perfect tense describes a one-time action completed in the past. |
How do you form the perfect tense? | The perfect tense is formed by adding the perfect tense endings to the perfect stem. |
What are the perfect tense endings? | The perfect tense endings are -i, -isti, -it, -imus, -istis, -erunt. |
Using "to love", what are the three English translations for the perfect tense? | I loved, I have loved, I did love. |
What are the grammatical names for "I loved", for "I did love" and for "I have loved"? | I loved is the simple past, I did love is the emphatic past, and I have loved is the present perfect. |
What kind of actions does the present perfect tense in English describe? | The present perfect tense in English describes either an action of no definite time in the past or one completed in the present. |