The Perfect Tense The perfect tense: l Describes action that was completed in the past l Describes...

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The Perfect Tense

Transcript of The Perfect Tense The perfect tense: l Describes action that was completed in the past l Describes...

Page 1: The Perfect Tense The perfect tense: l Describes action that was completed in the past l Describes action done at a specific time in the past l Is often.

The Perfect Tense

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The perfect tense:

Describes action that was completed in the past

Describes action done at a specific time in the past

Is often translated with the helping verbs “has” “have” or “did”

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The perfect tense is

expressed in Latin by a set of special endings!

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Perfect tense endings

i

isti

it

imus

istis

erunt

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These endings are used with

verbs of all four conjugations

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The first conjugation:

paravi

paravisti

paravit

paravimus

paravistis

paraverunt

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The second conjugation

docui

docuisti

docuit

docuimus

docuisti

docuerunt

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The third conjugation

duxi

duxisti

duxit

duximus

duxistis

duxerunt

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The fourth conjugation

audivi

audivisti

audivit

audivimus

audivistis

audiverunt

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