Lesson 6Future Tense Verbs

Oct. 28-31, 2013

Review: Genitive Case

• The genitive case is used to show possession and is translated with “of.”

• Casa Marci est magna.• The house of Marcus is big.• Cibus servorum est parvus.• The food of the slaves is small.

Future Tense Verbs

• The future tense refers to something that will or is going to happen at a future time.

• In English, we use the helping verbs “will” or “shall” to express future tense.

• Latin uses prefixes on the present tense verb endings to make future tense verb endings, like this…

Future Tense Endings Singular Plural

1st -BO (I will...) -BIMUS (we will…)

2nd -BIS (you will...) -BITIS (y’all will…)

3rd -BIT (he/she/it will…) -BUNT (they will…)

Future Active Tense (p. 56 in text)

Finding the Present Stem Review(yes, the old present stem works for future verbs, too!)

• amo, amare• laboro, laborare• paro, parare• porto, portare• specto, spectare

• AMA-• LABORA-• PARA-• PORTA-• SPECTA-

First Person

SecondPerson

Third Person

Ama bo

Ama bis

Ama bit

Ama

Ama

Ama

bimus

bitis

bunt

I will love

You will love

He/she/it will love

We will love

Ya’ll will love

They will love

Future Active Tense (p. 56 in text)

Your turn!

• navigo, navigare---to sail• Write out its future tense chart on your

whiteboard.

Singular Plural1st -BO (I….) -BIMUS (we…)2nd -BIS (you….) -BITIS (y’all)3rd -BIT (he/she/it…) -BUNT (they…)

Let’s practice translating future tense verbs!

1. amabo 2. spectabit 3. portabunt 4. parabitis 5. spectabis

6. parabo 7. laborabit 8. laborabimus

Singular Plural1st -BO (I….) -BIMUS (we…)2nd -BIS (you….) -BITIS (y’all)3rd -BIT (he/she/it…) -BUNT (they…)

Verb Practice!• The girl will work.• The farmers will work.• I will work.• You (sg.) will work in the field.• We will work on the good

land.• He will work in the shop.• Will they work the field?

• You (pl.) will work in the house.

• 3rd person, sg., laborabit• 3rd person, pl., laborabunt• 1st person, sg., laborabo• 2nd person, sg., laborabis

• 1st person, pl., laborabimus

• 3rd person, sg., laborabit• 3rd person, pl., laborabunt

• 2nd person, pl., laborabitis

Ready to review vocab?

Lessons V and VI

cibus

food

copia

supply, abundance

cura

worry, care, concern

forma

shape

numerus

number

regina

queen

clarus, clara, clarum

clear, famous

planus, plana, planumlevel, flat

nauta

sailor

pecunia

money

unda

wave

navigo, navigare, navigavi, navigatus

sail

tum

then, next

cras

tomorrow

ad

to, toward, near