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IMPERFECT ACTIVE INDICATIVE
131.
EXERCISES
Give the voice, mood, tense, person, and number of each form.
I.
- Vocāmus, properātis, iubent.
- Movētis, laudās, vidēs.
- Dēlētis, habētis, dant.
- Mātūrās, dēsīderat, vidēmus.
- Iubet, movent, necat.
- Nārrāmus, movēs, vident.
- Labōrātis, properant, portās, parant.
- Dēlet, habētis, iubēmus, dās.
N.B. Observe that the personal ending is of prime importance in translating a Latin verb form. Give that your first attention.
II.
- We plow, we are plowing, we do plow.
- They care for, they are caring for, they do care for.
- You give, you are having, you do have (sing.).
- We destroy, I do long for, they are living.
- He calls, they see, we are telling.
- We do fight, we order, he is moving, he prepares.
- They are laboring, we kill, you announce.
LESSON XX
IMPERFECT ACTIVE INDICATIVE OF AMŌ AND MONEŌ
132. Tense Signs. Instead of using auxiliary verbs to express differences in tense, like was, shall, will, etc., Latin adds to the verb stem certain elements that have the force of auxiliary verbs. These are called tense signs.
133. Formation and Inflection of the Imperfect. The tense sign of the imperfect is -bā-, which is added to the present stem. The imperfect consists, therefore, of three parts:
| Present Stem | Tense Sign | Personal Ending |
| amā- | ba- | m |
| loving | was | I |
The inflection is as follows:
| Conjugation I | Conjugation II | ||
| Singular | Personal Endings | ||
| 1. | amā´bam, I was loving | monē´bam, I was advising | -m |
| 2. | amā´bās, you were loving | monē´bās, you were advising | -s |
| 3. | amā´bat, he was loving | monē´bat, he was advising | -t |
