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05 February 2009

Rotation 2: Verbs-Perfect Tense

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4 comments:

Dawn :P said...

What I did for perfect verbs is i did a lesson on perfect verbs to review them then I made a list of pratice verbs and had the people in my group translate them or form phrases into perfect verbs.

You identify perfect verbs by the “v” tense marker
Ex. amavistis, ambulaverunt

You translate it just like a past tense verb – “___ed”

Singular Plural
i imus
isti istis
it erunt

Ex. amavit – he/she/it loved
ambulavimus – we walked

To form a perfect tense verb:
Look at the 3rd principle part in the dictionary entry (perfect stem).Drop the –i in the perfect stem and add the correct ending.

Ex. amo, -are, -avi, -atus: to like, love
You loved – amavisti
They loved - amaverunt

Dictionary entries for practice:

amo, -are, -avi, -atus: to like, love

ambulo, -are, avi, aturus: to walk

convoco, -are, -avi, -atus: to call together

laboro, -are, -avi, -atus: to work

revoco, -are, -avi, -atus: to recall, call back

vito, -are, -avi, -atus: to avoid

specto, -are, -avi, -atus: to watch, look at

Pratice Verbs List and Answers:

TRANSLATE
amavisti – you loved
ambulaverunt – they walked
spectavi – I saw
laboravit – he/she/it worked
vitavistis – you all avoided
convocavimus – we called together
FORM INTO PERFECT VERBS
We called back – revocavimus
You all called together - convocavitis
They avoided – vitaverunt
You walked – ambulavisti
He/she/it loved – amavit
I worked - laboravi

Period 3 JW said...

For my lesson, I did much the same thing. A brief background of perfect verbs and then some Latin-to-English and then English-to-Latin translations.

So!

A way to remember that perfect verbs are translated -ed is that if you look at the word "perfect" and sort of... rotate the p around the e, it looks like a d. Therefore, -ed. It works better if you write it on a notecard and then cut off the p and try it.

To form a perfect verb, you look at the third-priciple part in the definition of the verb (amavi, for example), drop the -i, and add on the proper verb ending.

Verb Endings:
Single
I -> i
you -> isti
he/she/it -> it
Plural
we -> imus
you all -> isits
they -> erunt

(I had a fun-filled/lame way of remembering them, but it's much too difficult to explain via internet. Sorry)

Practice!
advenierunt
amavisti
ambulavi
---
I arrived
she loved
y'all walked


Answers:
we arrived
you loved
I walked
---
adveni
amavit
ambulavistis

AaronN said...

Background: What do loved, hated, died, swam, whipped, and ate all have in common? They are all past tense verbs!

Notes/Examples:
-The perfect tense of verbs translate in the past tense
-i -imus
-isti -istis
-it -ierunt

Now translate the following
Amavi (i loved) Amavimus (we loved)
Amavisti(you loved)Amavistis (yall)
amavit(he loved)Amavierunt(theyloved)

Creative aspect:Perfect Hot Potato
1.The game organizer throws the ball to one member of the group
2.The organizer then gives a perfect tense verb and asks them to translate it correctly; Or gives them a 3rd principle part and has them form a perfect verb
3.The person getting asked has 7 seconds to answer the question
4.If they answer incorrectly or time runs out they lost a life; total of 3 lives each
5.last person standing wins 50 denarii.

T-Dub said...

In Period 4: I made flash cards with the english meaning on the back and we went through and had the people give the english meaning. If they got it right they got to give another member of the group a challenge to complete. We went through this a couple times but it went very well.