THE IMPERFECT TENSE

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THE IMPERFECT TENSE
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The Imperfect Tense

• Expresses action that took place repeatedly or
  customarily in the past
• Is often translated with the helping verb was
  or were
• Has a special set of verb endings

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The imperfect tense endings

• bam
• bas
• bat

• bamus
• batis
• bant

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Add the imperfect endings to an infinitive, minus
the -re
amare - re ama bam
amabamI used to love
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The capital of Roman Gaul was Lugdunum.
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imperfect of amare

• amabam
• amabas
• amabat

• amabamus
• amabatis
• amabant

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imperfect of tenere

• tenebam
• tenebas
• tenebat

• tenebamus
• tenebatis
• tenebant

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Lugdunum is present-day Lyon, France.
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imperfect of dicere

• dicebam
• dicebas
• dicebat

• dicebamus
• dicebatis
• dicebant

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The imperfect of fourth conjugation verbs and
third -io verbs has an IE before the imperfect
endings
Capiebam, faciebas, audiebat, veniebat, etc.
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imperfect of salire

• saliebam
• saliebas
• saliebat

• saliebamus
• saliebatis
• saliebant

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This bridge is in France
It was built by the Romans
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The imperfect tense of esse and posse is
irregular!
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imperfect of esse

• eram
• eras
• erat

• eramus
• eratis
• erant

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imperfect of posse

• poteram
• poteras
• poterat

• poteramus
• poteratis
• poterant

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The imperfect of ire and its compounds have an
i before the imperfect endings.
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Imperfect of ire

• ibam
• ibas
• ibat

• ibamus
• ibatis
• ibant

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Imperfect of exire

• exibam
• exibas
• exibat

• exibamus
• exibatis
• exibant

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Gaul was added to the Roman Empire by Julius
Caesar
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FINIS