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First Conjugation Reduplicated Posted by kunthra on Jan 6, 2010
Today we’ll look at first conjugation verbs in the imperfect tense, especially those that are reduplicated in the perfect tense. The active, indicative, imperfect of stāre = to stand stābam stābās stābat stābāmus stābātis stābant Now the passive, indicative, imperfect : stābar stābāris stābātur stābāmur stābāminī stābantur
First Conjugation Suffix ī Posted by kunthra on Jan 3, 2010
Now we’ll take a look at the first conjugation verbs in the imperfect tense that have the suffix ī and vowel lengthening in the perfect tense. First the active, indicative imperfect tense of iuvāre = to help, to assist iuvābam iuvābās iuvābat iuvābāmus iuvābātis iuvābant Now in the passive, indicative imperfect: iuvābar iuvābāris iuvābātur iuvābāmur iuvābāminī iuvābantur
First Conjugation with Suffix -uī Posted by kunthra on Dec 30, 2009
Now we’ll look at first conjugation verbs in the imperfect tense with a suffix of uī. First the indicative, active, imperfect of secāre = to cut, divide secābam sacābās secābat secābāmus secābātis secābant In the passive, indicative, imperfect: secābar secābāris secābātur secābāmur secābāminī secābantur �
Answers to the Word of the Day Posted by kunthra on Dec 27, 2009
1- spiritus (breath, breathing, spirit) https://blogs.transparent.com/wotd/today/latin.htm?date=04-08-2009 2 – certus (certain, sure) https://blogs.transparent.com/wotd/today/latin.htm?date=04-09-2009 3 – sensus (feeling, discretion, tact, sense) https://blogs.transparent.com/wotd/today/latin.htm?date=04-10-2009 4 – avaratia (greed) https://blogs.transparent.com/wotd/today/latin.htm?date=04-11-2009 5 – voluptas (pleasure) https://blogs.transparent.com/wotd/today/latin.htm?date=04-12-2009 6 – prius (before, previously) https://blogs.transparent.com/wotd/today/latin.htm?date=04-13-2009 7 – pecco (to do wrong, sin) https://blogs.transparent.com/wotd/today/latin.htm?date=04-14-2009 8 – edere, esse (to eat, consume) https://blogs.transparent.com/wotd/today/latin.htm?date=04-15-2009 9 – vacare…
Latin Word of the Day Posted by kunthra on Dec 24, 2009
The Word of the Day is a great visual-auditory tool that allows you to hear Latin vocabulary words used in context. Here are a couple of words that are all from the Latin Word of the Day. The answers will be posted soon, but try to figure out the meanings in English: 1- spiritus 2…
First Conjugation Quiz Posted by kunthra on Dec 21, 2009
In the last post, we looked at the verb portāre (to carry, to bring) in the imperfect tense. Now let’s see if you remember conjugating this verb in the active and passive indicative present tense for the verb vetāre (to forbid, to prohibit). Your job is to fill in the letters marked by blanks. The…
First Conjugation Imperfect Tense Posted by kunthra on Dec 18, 2009
Now that we’ve gone over the first to fourth conjugation in the indicative present in the active and passive, let’s do the imperfect tense. For today’s verb we’ll use portāre (to carry). The tempus imperfectum (imperfect tense) of portāre is the equivalent of saying, “I carried” or “I used to carry” or “I was carrying”…