1. Imperfect Tense Verbs
Jan , 2013

2. Verbs! Verbs! Verbs! You’ve already learned: Present tense verbs
Future tense verbs
Imperative verbs
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3. New Tense This Week! Imperfect Tense… a type of past tense
We’ll be working out-of-order
from your book
Ready? Eamus! (Let’s go!)

4. Imperfect Tense Text p. 180 (lesson 26)
Imperfect tense is a past tense.
It shows past action uncompleted.
There are several ways to translate imperfect tense:
was verbing
used to verb
kept on verbing
verbed

5. Finding the Present Stem
amo, amare
laboro, laborare
terreo, terrēre
doceo, docēre
specto, spectare
AMA-
LABORA-
TERRE-
DOCE-
SPECTA-
STEM! 

6. BA! Imperfect Active Tense Endings BAMUS BAM BAS BATIS BAT BANT
The present active tense = Present Stem + Imperfect Active Endings
BA!
Singular
Plural
We were verbing
First Person
I was verbing
BAMUS
BAM
You/y’all were verbing
Second Person
You were verbing
BAS
BATIS
Third Person
BAT
he, she, it was verbing
They were verbing
BANT

7. Imperfect Tense bamus Ama bam Ama Ama batis Ama bas Ama bat Ama bant
I was loving I used to love I kept on loving
I loved
bamus
First Person
We were loving
(etc.)
Ama
bam
Ama
You were loving You used to love You kept on loving
You loved
Second
Person
You were loving… (etc.)
Ama
batis
Ama
bas
He was loving…
(etc.)
Third Person
They were loving (etc.)
Ama
bat
Ama
bant
Imperfect Tense

8. Your turn!
On your paper, practice the imperfect tense using the verbs porto, portare: carry and doceo, docere: teach.
Write the Latin and English chart.
-BAM: I was…
-BAMUS: We were…
-BAS: you were…
-BATIS: y’all were…
-BAT: he/she/it was…
-BANT: they were…

9. Imperfect Tense Practice
spectabamus
portabat
docebas
parabatis
navigabam
augebant
We were watching
He/she/it was carrying
You were teaching
Y’all were preparing
I was sailing
They were increasing

10. The Present System
The “Present System” of verbs include 3 tenses and the imperative:
Present tense verbs
Imperfect tense verbs
Future tense verbs
Imperative verbs
YOU’VE LEARNED
THEM ALL….
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11. Your Turn! Time to put it all together… Present tense endings
Imperfect tense endings
Future tense endings
Use the worksheet to practice the 3 sets of endings you’ve learned.