Ecce Romani Chapter 20 - Notes

Latin I

A. Verb Principal Parts

1. A Latin verb has 4 principal parts:

Present Tense Infinitive Perfect Tense Perfect Passive

("I" form) ("I" form) Participle

2. Memorize these principal parts for regular verbs:

	PRESENT	INFINITIVE	PERFECT	PERF. PASS. PART.	MEANING
1st Conj. 2nd Conj. 3rd Conj. 3rd -io Conj. 4th Conj.	paro habeo mitto iacio audio	parare habēre mittere iacere audire	paravi habui misi ieci audivi	paratus habitus missus iactus auditus	to prepare to have to send to throw to hear

(The principal parts of most 1st, 2nd, and 4th conjugation verbs follow the patterns in the chart above.)

3. When a verb does not follow the pattern in the chart above, the vocabulary entry will give you its principal parts. Memorize these principal parts:

	PRESENT	INFINITIVE	PERFECT	PERF. PASS. PART.	MEANING
1st Conj. 3rd Conj. 4th Conj. Irreg. Irreg.	lavo duco venio sum eo	lavare ducere venire esse ire	lavi duxi vēni fui ivi (or ii)	lautus ductus venturus futurus iturus	to wash to lead to come to be to go

B. Perfect Tense

1. refers to a single past action

2. is translated using (a) have/has

(b) did

(c) English past tense

3. is formed by using the 3rd principal parts of the Latin verb. The -i ending is replaced by the following endings, which are used only for the perfect tense:

1 -i I 1 -imus we

Singular 2 -isti you Plural 2 -istis you

3 -it he 3 -erunt they

All Latin verbs form their perfect tense the same way, regardless of their conjugation. Ex.:

1 misi I sent 1 misimus we sent

Singular 2 misisti you sent Plural 2 misistis you sent

3 misit he sent 3 miserunt they sent

Chapter 20 Notes (cont.)

Translate these perfect tense verbs:

1. audivimus __________________________ 5. habuisti __________________________

2. paravistis __________________________ 6. paravi __________________________

3. misi t __________________________ 7. audiverunt __________________________

4. iecerunt __________________________ 8. misimus __________________________