1. Lesson 12: Perfect Tense Verbs
Latin I
Feb. 2-11, 2015

2. Perfect Tense This week we’re learning perfect tense:
past action completed

3. Perfect Tense There are 3 ways to translate perfect tense:
I verbed, you verbed, he/she/it verbed
I have verbed, you have verbed, he/she/it has verbed
I did verb, you did verb, he/she/it did verb

4. And hasn’t happened since, And that’s what’s perfect
It happened in the past,
And hasn’t happened since,
And that’s what’s perfect
About perfect tense!

5. The Perfect Stem!
Now it’s time to start using the 3rd principal part of those verbs in your vocab list!
STEM!

6. All About Verbs Each verb has 4 principal parts
amo
amare
amavi
amatus
First Person Singular Present Active “I love”
Present active
Infinitive
“to love”
First Person Singular Perfect Active “I have loved”
Perfect Passive Participle “having been loved”

7. Finding the Perfect Stem
Find the third principal part of the verb.
amo
amare
amavi
amatus
The perfect stem is the third principal part – i.
amavi
- i =
amav-

8. Finding the Perfect Stem
Find the third principal part of the verb.
doceo
docēre
docui
doctus
The perfect stem is the third principal part – i.
docui
- i =
docu-

9. Perfect Stem Practice porto, portare, portavi, portatus
terreo, terrēre, terrui, territus
maneo, manēre, mansi, mansurus
sum, esse, fui, futurus
PORTAV-
TERRU-
MANS-
FU-

10. The perfect tense = Perfect Stem + Perfect Endings
Perfect Tense Endings
The perfect tense = Perfect Stem + Perfect Endings
Plural
Singular
I verbed
I have verbed
I did verb
First Person -i
-imus
we…
You verbed, have verbed, did verb
-isti
you (pl.)…
Second Person
-istis
he, she, it verbed, has verbed, did verb
Third Person
-it
-erunt
they…

11. Perfect Tense Active amav imus amav i amav istis amav isti erunt amav
I loved I have loved I did love
First Person
We loved We have loved We did love
amav
imus
amav i
You loved You have loved You did love
You loved You have loved You did love
Second
Person
amav
istis
amav
isti
erunt
They loved They have loved They did love
He loved He has loved He did love
Third Person
amav
amav it

12. porto, portare, portavi, portatus: carry
portavi portavimus
portavisti portavistis
portavit portaverunt

13. doceo, docēre, docui, doctus: teach
docui docuimus
docuisti docuistis
docuit docuerunt

14. Exercise B: Write ON YOUR OWN PAPER! 
Workbook page 44
Exercise B: Write ON YOUR OWN PAPER! 
Exercise B: Write the LATIN word and the ENGLISH meaning (not just the number/letter)
Ex: 1. amavi: I loved