{"id":102,"date":"2009-12-18T21:32:57","date_gmt":"2009-12-19T02:32:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/latin\/?p=102"},"modified":"2009-12-18T21:32:57","modified_gmt":"2009-12-19T02:32:57","slug":"first-conjugation-imperfect-tense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/latin\/first-conjugation-imperfect-tense\/","title":{"rendered":"First Conjugation Imperfect Tense"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Now that we&#8217;ve gone over the first to fourth conjugation in the indicative present in the active and passive, let&#8217;s do the imperfect tense. For today&#8217;s verb we&#8217;ll use <strong>port\u0101re<\/strong> (to carry). The <strong>tempus imperfectum<\/strong> (imperfect tense) of port\u0101re is the equivalent of saying, &#8220;I carried&#8221; or &#8220;I used to carry&#8221; or &#8220;I was carrying&#8221; in English.<\/p>\n<p>In the indicative active imperfect:<\/p>\n<p><strong>port\u0101bam<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>port\u0101bas<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>port\u0101bat<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>port\u0101b\u0101mus<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>port\u0101b\u0101tis<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>port\u0101bant<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The indicative passive imperfect:<\/p>\n<p><strong>port\u0101bar<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>port\u0101b\u0101ris<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>port\u0101b\u0101tur<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>port\u0101b\u0101mur<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>port\u0101b\u0101min\u012b<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>port\u0101bantur<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now that we&#8217;ve gone over the first to fourth conjugation in the indicative present in the active and passive, let&#8217;s do the imperfect tense. 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