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Making Verbs Past Tense. By now you know the different songs to remember the endings of the verbs. Now we’re going to work on how to use these songs and endings. puls. a. t. What if I took off the ending?. Let’s start with the verb. Then I’d have the base of the word. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Making Verbs Past Tense
By now you know the different songs to remember the endings of the verbs.
Now we’re going to work on how to use these songs and endings.
PRESENT IMPERFECT PERFECT
Sing Pl
1st o mus
2nd s tis
3rd t nt
Sing Pl
1st bam bamus
2nd bas batis
3rd bat bant
Sing Pl
1st i imus
2nd isti istis
3rd it erunt
Let’s start with the verb
pulsat What if I took off the ending?
Then I’d have the base of the word.
I can add on present tense endings.
pulsa
Like These: Sing Pl
1st o mus
2nd s tis
3rd t nt
pulso
Sing Pl
1st o mus
2nd s tis
3rd t nt
“I punch”
pulsas
Sing Pl
1st o mus
2nd s tis
3rd t nt
“you punch”
pulsat
Sing Pl
1st o mus
2nd s tis
3rd t nt
“he punches”
pulsamus
Sing Pl
1st o mus
2nd s tis
3rd t nt
“we punch”
pulsatis
Sing Pl
1st o mus
2nd s tis
3rd t nt
“y’all punch”
pulsant
Sing Pl
1st o mus
2nd s tis
3rd t nt
“they punch”a
pulsaOr I can start talking about things that happened in the past
Sing Pl
1st bam bamus
2nd bas batis
3rd bat bant
Sing Pl
1st i imus
2nd isti istis
3rd it erunt
by using the
Imperfect Perfectand
tenses.
pulsa
Sing Pl
1st bam bamus
2nd bas batis
3rd bat bant
Imperfect
Imperfect
bat bant
pulsaImperfect
bat bant“he was ___ing” “they were ___ing”
bat“he was punching”
pulsaImperfect
bant“they were ___ing”
bant“they were punching”
( )Imperfect
Is formed by adding the
IMPERFECT ENDINGS
to the base of the verb.
Sing Pl
1st bam bamus
2nd bas batis
3rd bat bant
Imperfect
Translates like the verb was happening
and happening
and happening
and happening
in the past.
pulsaPerfect
The perfect case is a little different…
it usually adds a “Perfect Signifier”:
before it adds the ending:
(for pulsat it’s a “v”) ē v s u x
Sing Pl
1st i imus
2nd isti istis
3rd it erunt
v
pulsaPerfect
Sing Pl
1st i imus
2nd isti istis
3rd it erunt
vit erunt
pulsaPerfect
vit erunt
“he ___ed” “they ___ed”
it“he punched”
pulsaPerfect
verunt
“they ___ed”
erunt“they punched”
( )
Perfect
Is formed by adding the
PERFECT ENDINGS
to the base of the verb.
perfect signifiers (ē,v,s,u,x) and the
Sing Pl
1st i imus
2nd isti istis
3rd it erunt
Perfect
Translates as a simple snapshot of the past:
Snap!
that just happened.
in the past.