Latin Group – Grammar Questions (Verbs) – Flashcards
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Give 5 vowel letters and thieir long sound in Latin
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a, e, i, o, u /ah/ /ay/ /ee/ /oh/ /ōō/ (food)
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Give 2 Latin words that have the long sound of the five vowels
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gloria, Jesus
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Always in Latin and usually in English c, g, sc are soft before
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e, i, ae, oe
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Always in Latin and usually in English c, g, and sc are hard before
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a, o, u, consonants
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In Latin and English hard c has the sound of
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/k/
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Soft c has the sound of __ in English and __ in Latin
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/s/ in English and /ch/ in Latin
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In Latin, gn is pronounced like
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/ny/
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Give the names, from left to right , of the last three syllables of a Latin word.
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antepenult, penult, ultima
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The accent is on ____ unless the ______ is marked.
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penult, antepenult
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Verb families are called
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conjugations
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How many conjugations are there? Name them.
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4 first, second, third, fourth
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Give the six attributes of a Latin verb.
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conjugation, person, number, tense, voice, and mood
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Give the 3 grammar persons.
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first person, second person, third person
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First person is the person____. Second person is the person ____. Third person is the person ____.
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speaking spoken to spoken about
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Give the two grammar numbers.
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singular, plural
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How many latin tenses are there? Name them
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Six present, imperfect, future perfect, pluperfect, future perfect
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The stem vowel of the 1st Conjugation is __.
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a
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Give the names for the three forms of the English present tense.
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simple present progressive present emphatic present
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In English I praise is the ____ present I am praising is the _____ present I do praise is the _____present
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simple progressive emphatic
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In Latin imperfect means______.
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Not finished
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The imperfect tense sign is ____.
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ba
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The imperfect tense is used to describe an ___,____,____ or ______ action.
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ongoing, repeated, habitual interrupted
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What English helping verbs translate the imperfect tense?
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were, was
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The two basic parts of a sentence are _______.
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subject and predicate
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The subject is _______.
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who or what the sentence is about
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The predicate tells________.
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what the subject is or does
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What is sentence pattern 1?
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subject + verb
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What English helping verb translates the Latin future tense?
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will
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The three tenses that make up the Present system are_____.
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present, imperfect, future
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The Present system is built on the ______.
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present stem
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What are the principal parts?
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The forms that provide the stems needed to conjugate a verb in all its tenses. There are usuallly four principal parts.
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What is the name of the 2nd principal part?
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infinitive
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The infinitive ending for all 1st conjugation verbs is___?
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are
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How do you find the present stem?
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Drop re form the infinitive.
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The English infinitive is written with the particle ___ before the verb.
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to
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The verb to be shows ______ not _______.
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existence action
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Give the English forms of the to be verb. Present form, Imperfect form and "be" form
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Present: am, is, are Imperfect: was, were "be": be ,being, been
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Give the regular endings for the principal parts of 1st conjugation verbs.
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-o,- are, -avi, -atus
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What is Sentence Pattern 2?
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Subject + verb + direct object
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Something that completes the action of the verb is a ____.
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complement
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What is the first complement in this text?
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the complementary infinitive
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In Latin grammar perfect means_____.
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finished
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The perfect tense describes what kind of action?
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a one-time action completed in the past
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The perfect tense is built on the ____ stem.
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perfect
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How do you find the perfect stem?
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Drop the i from the 3rd principal part.
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Give three translations for vocavi.
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I called, I have called, I did call
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What English helping verbs translate the perfect tense?
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have, has , did
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The pluperfect tense is built on the ____ stem?
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perfect
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The pluperfect tense describes what kind of action?
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a past action completed prior to another past action
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What English helping verb translates the pluperfect tense?
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had
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The pluperfect tense endings are identical to
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the imperfect tense of sum
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The future perfect tense is built on _______ stem.
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perfect
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The future perfect tense describes
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an action in the future completed prior to another action in the future.
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What English helping verbs translate the future perfect tense?
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will have
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The future perfect tense endings are identical to________ except for ________.
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the future tense of sum, 3rd person plural
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The tenses of the Perfect System are _______________ and they are built on the ______________.
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perfect, pluperfect, future perfect perfect stem
