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    This document summarizes verb tenses in Latin, including the present, imperfect, and perfect tenses. The present tense indicates an ongoing action in the present. The imperfect tense refers to a past action that was ongoing or habitual. The perfect tense signifies a completed action in the past. It then provides examples of verbs conjugated in the three tenses and their English translations for practice identifying the tense based on the verb ending.

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    Verb Tenses in Latin

    Present, Imperfect, and


    Perfect

    see Cambridge Latin Unit


    1
    pages 93-94
    present tense
    he walks
    The action of the verb is
    happening now.
    imperfect
    tense
    he was walking
    The action of the verb happened in the past,
    but it is an action that happened
    over a period of time or as a habit.

    Last summer I used to swim


    every day.
    perfect tense
    he walked
    The action of the verb happened
    in the past.
    It is a completed action that
    happened once.
    ambulat
    ambulat
    he is walking
    he walks
    ambulābat
    ambulābat
    he was walking
    he used to walk
    ambulāvit
    ambulāvit
    he walked
    he did walk
    he has walked
    Practice adding
    the English translation
    for each of the following
    verb sequences in Latin.
    ambulat
    ambulat
    ambulābat
    ambulat
    ambulābat
    ambulāvit
    latrat

    it barks
    latrat
    latrat
    latrābat
    latrat
    latrābat
    latrāvit
    clāmat

    he shouts
    clāmat
    clāmat
    clāmābat
    clāmat
    clāmābat
    clāmāvit
    superat
    he
    overcomes
    superat
    superat
    superābat
    superat
    superābat
    superāvit
    vexat

    she
    annoys
    vexat
    vexat
    vexābat
    vexat
    vexābat
    vexāvit
    pulsat

    he hits
    pulsat
    pulsat
    pulsābat
    pulsat
    pulsābat
    pulsāvit
    laudat

    he
    praises
    laudat
    laudat
    laudābat
    laudat
    laudābat
    laudāvit
    audit

    he hears
    audit
    audit
    audiēbat
    audit
    audiēbat
    audīvit

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