Imperfect and Future Tense
1st and 2nd
conjugations
1. Remember the verb endings:
| |
singular |
plural |
| 1st |
-ô/-m (I) |
-mus (we) |
| 2nd |
-s (you) |
-tis (ya’ll) |
| 3rd |
-t (he,
she, it) |
-nt (they) |
2. Present Tense:
-
Current action
-
Verb stem + connecting vowel (a/e) + personal
endings
-
He likes, she is liking, it does
like
3. Imperfect Tense:
-
Continuous or progressive past action
-
Verb stem + connecting vowel (a/e) + ba
+ personal endings
-
He/she was
liking; they were liking
4. Future Tense:
-
Future action
-
Verb stem + connecting vowel (a/e) + b/bi/bu
+ personal endings
-
I shall like;
he/she will like
1st and 2nd
Declension Adjectives
1. Dictionary entries
-
Nominative singular: masculine, feminine,
neuter
-
Bellus, bella, bellum
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Bonus, bona, bonum
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Malus, mala, malum
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Sanus, sana, sanum
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Verus, vera, verum
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Liber, libera, liberum
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Noster, nostra, nostrum
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Pulcher, pulchra,
pulchrum
-
look at feminine
or neuter to find stem (remove -a or -um)
-
-a, -um – adjectives must take 1st
and 2nd declension endings
| |
masculine |
|
feminine |
|
neuter |
|
| |
singular |
plural |
Singular |
plural |
singular |
plural |
| Nominative |
-us/-r |
-î |
-a |
-ae |
-um |
-a |
| Genitive |
-î |
-ôrum |
-ae |
-ârum |
-î |
-ôrum |
| Dative |
-ô |
-îs |
-ae |
-îs |
-ô |
-îs |
| Accusative |
-um |
-ôs |
-am |
- âs |
-um |
-a |
| Ablative |
-ô |
-îs |
-â |
- îs |
-ô |
-îs |
| Vocative |
-e/-r |
-î |
-a |
-ae |
-um |
-a |
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An adjective takes the same case, number,
and gender as the noun it modifies
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