Latin Level 2, Unit 4: Perfect Tense and Principal Parts. Core vocabulary, forms, and short example sentences for this unit. Front: the Latin word or form. Back: English meaning (brief grammatical note in parentheses where useful, e.g. case or conjugation).
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- What tense expresses a completed action in the past, such as 'amavi' (I loved / have loved)?
- The perfect tense
- amavi
- I loved / I have loved (perfect tense)
- amavisti
- you loved (singular, perfect tense)
- amavit
- he/she/it loved (perfect tense)
- amavimus
- we loved (perfect tense)
- amaverunt
- they loved (perfect tense)
- What are the four principal parts of a Latin verb typically listed in a dictionary?
- First person singular present, present infinitive, first person singular perfect, and the supine or perfect passive participle
- What are the four principal parts of 'amo'?
- amo, amare, amavi, amatum
- What are the four principal parts of 'video'?
- video, videre, vidi, visum
- What are the four principal parts of 'facio'?
- facio, facere, feci, factum
- What are the four principal parts of 'duco'?
- duco, ducere, duxi, ductum
- What are the four principal parts of 'sum'?
- sum, esse, fui, futurus
- vidi
- I saw / I have seen (perfect of video)
- dixi
- I said / I have said (perfect of dico)
- feci
- I did/made / I have done/made (perfect of facio)