Verbal Morphology is sexy 1 — Latin for Rabbits

Verbal Morphology is Sexy

Part I: What you need to know about Latin Verbs:

1) What are the possibilities for person and number of a conjugated verb?

1) Do all verbal forms have person and number? What is finite verb?

1) What is an infinitive? What two verbal qualities does it lack by definition?

3.5) What is the first thing that you should determined when confronted with a Latin verb?

4) How many principal parts does a regular Latin verb have? How many regular conjugations exist in Latin? How does one determine the conjugation of a Latin verb? Write out the principal parts of your favorite verb from each conjugation.

5) In addition to person and number what three qualities do conjugated verbs have?

5) What six tenses occur in Latin? Give the English equivalent of each for the verb “to love”.

6) What tenses occur in the present system? Which principal parts are used to form the tenses in the present system?

7) What tenses occur in the perfect system? Which principal parts are used to form the tenses in the present system?

8) What is the difference between a transitive verb and an intransitive verb? Give an example in English.

9) What two voices occur in Latin? Give an English example of each using the verb to love.

10) What moods occur in Latin? What is each mood used to express?

11) You are responsible for Latin’s 8 irregular verbs. Complete the principal parts for the following irregular verbs. See appendix inWheelock’s Latin.

First Part Present Infinitive Perfect Active Particle English Meaning

1) sum, ________________, ________________, ___________ _________________

1) possum, ________________, ________________ banana ______________

1) fio, _______________, ____________________ banana ____________

1) eo, ____________, __________________, _______________ _______________

1) fero, _____________, ________________, ______________ _______________

6) volo, ___________, _______________, ____________ banana ______________

1) nolo, ___________, _______________, ____________ banana ______________

8) malo, ___________, _______________, ____________ banana _____________

Part II: Exercises on Verb Morphology: The Present System

Fill in each blanks with the required tense, person and number. Translate each form below the blank.

Present Infinitive Present Act. Ind. Future Act. Ind. Imperfect Act. Ind.

1) parare (3rd. s.) ______________ _______________ ______________

2) videre (3rd. pl.) ______________ _______________ ______________

3) mittere (2nd. s.) ______________ _______________ ______________

4) capere (1st. pl.)______________ _______________ ______________

5) audire (1st. s.) ______________ _______________ ______________

6) ducere (3rd. s.) ______________ _______________ ______________

7) iacere (2nd. pl.) ______________ _______________ ______________

8) ponere (1st. pl. ______________ _______________ ______________

9) nocere (3rd. s.)______________ _______________ ______________

10) facere (1st. s.) ______________ _______________ ______________

11) agere (2nd. pl.) ______________ _______________ ______________

12) mutare (3rd. pl.)______________ ______________ _____________

13) discedere (2nd. s.)_____________ _______________ ______________

14) aperire (3rd. s.) _____________ _______________ ______________

1) parere (1st. pl.) ______________ _______________ ______________

16) esse (3rd. pl.) _______________ ___________________ ________________

1) posse (3rd. s.) _______________ ____________________ ________________

18) fio (3rd. s.) _______________ ____________________ ________________

Part III: The Future Tense and Why It Causes Pain and Suffering for Mortals.

1) How is the future tense formed in the 1st and 2nd conjugation? List the personal endings for each person and number of the future tense.

1) How is the future tense formed in the 3rd and 4th conjugation? List the personal endings for each person and number of the future tense.

1) Change the following verbs that are in the present tense into the future and change the verbs that are in the future into the present. Retain person and number for each verb. Say each Latin word aloud before you provide a translation.

parat ducis mittimus possum sum

iaciunt iacimus nocemus

capiet capio iaciam manet

facit faciemus ducent

amabimus amant parebunt

parabunt noces mittes

mittam mittunt iacis

vident videbimus mittitis

iacietis iacient

possunt sunt ero

poterit facit

1) Conjugate the following verbs in the future tense:

voco, vocare

moneo, monere

duco, ducere

ego

is, ea, id

nos

vos

ei, eae, ea

1) Conjugate the following verbs in the future tense:

iacio, iacere

audio, audire

ego

is, ea, id

nos

vos

ei, eae, ea

1) Conjugate the following irregular verbs in the future tense:

sum, esse

possum

fio, fieri

ego

is, ea, id

nos

vos

ei, eae, ea

volo, velle

eo, ire, ii, iturus

fero, ferre

ego

is, ea, id

nos

vos

ei, eae, ea

6) volo, ___________, _______________, ____________ banana ______________

nolo, ___________, _______________, ____________ banana ______________