First Person:

Third Person:

Singular Plural

Present Tense

porto

portat portant

Second Person: portas

(I, We)

(You, Ya’ll)

(He/She/It, They)

XXXXX

XXXXX

First Person:

Third Person:

Singular Plural

Imperfect Tense

XXXX

portabat

XXXXX

portabant

Second Person: XXXX XXXXX

(I, We)

(You, Ya’ll)

(He/She/It, They)

The imperfect tense is a form of the past tense in Latin.

The Imperfect Tense

ancilla vinum portat.The slave girl is carrying wine.

The slave girl was carrying wine.

ancilla vinum portabat.

It’s called the imperfect tense because the task has not been completed.

First Person:

Third Person:

Singular Plural

Perfect Tense

XXXX

portavit

XXXXX

portaverunt

Second Person: XXXX XXXXX

(I, We)

(You, Ya’ll)

(He/She/It, They)

The perfect tense is another form of the past tense in Latin.

The Perfect Tense

ancilla vinum portat.The slave girl is carrying wine.

The slave girl carried wine.

ancilla vinum portavit.

It’s called the perfect tense because the task has been completed.

First Person:

Third Person:

Singular Plural

Est - Present Tense

sum

est sunt

Second Person: es

(I, We)

(You, Ya’ll)

(He/She/It, They)

XXXXX

XXXXX

First Person:

Third Person:

Singular Plural

Est - Imperfect Tense

XXXX

erat

XXXXX

erant

Second Person: XXXX XXXXX

(I, We)

(You, Ya’ll)

(He/She/It, They)

The verb est has its own unique form of the imperfect tense.

Est - The Imperfect Tense

ancilla est pulchra.The slave girl is pretty.

The slave girl was pretty.

ancilla erat pulchra.