click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Perfect The Perfect
Question | Answer |
---|---|
What does tense mean? | Tense means time |
What kind of words have tenses? | Verbs have tenses |
What does 'perfect' mean? | Perfect means completed. |
In which three ways can we translate the perfect? | Done / Have done / Did do. so puer festinavit can be translated as the boy hurried/ has hurried / did hurry |
To when in time does the perfect tense refer? | Past. |
elephantos audimus | elephantos audivimus |
incolae clamant | incolae clamaverunt |
dormisti | you slept (2nd person sing) - dormio |
video | vidi (1st person sing) - I slept |
habuit | he/she/it had (3rd person sing) - habeo |
domini servos terruerunt | the masters frighten the slaves (3rd person pl) - terreo |
capistis | you seized - (2nd person pl) - capio |
Claudius et Julia equos spectant. | Claudius et Julia equos spectaverunt. |