A participle is part verb and part adjective, aka a verb that is used to describe a noun: The monkey, having been greeted, walks to the store In this example, the monkey is being described by the participle having been greeted.
Participles in Latin have a tense (present, perfect, or future) and a voice (active or passive) Participles have a case, number, and gender and must agree with the noun it describes in case, number, and gender
This is a participle that happens before the main verb: The monkey, having been greeted, walks to the store. What happened first? The monkey being greeted or the monkey walking to the store?
The perfect passive participles are the fourth principal part of the verb: saluto, salutare, salutavi, salutatus It will agree with its noun in case, number, and gender (and use 1 st /2 nd decl. endings): simius salutatus ad tabernam ambulat. simius is masc., sing., and nom. and so is salutatus
Participles are part verb and part adjective They have a tense and voice Perfect Passive Participles happen before the main verb of the sentence They agree with their noun in case, number, and gender and use 1 st /2 nd decl. endings Translate as ‘having been _____ed’