Imperfect Tense:

Describes an action that started in the past but keeps on going.

Ways to translate imperfect tense are:

e.g. = verberabat

1. he was beating

2. he beat

3. he kept on beating

To conjugate the imperfect tense, take the second principal part of your verb, cut off the –re to find your stem, & add the imperfect endings.

Verbero, verberare, verberavi, verberatus – to beat

	Singular	Plural
1^st Person	Verberabam	Verberabamus
2^nd Person	Verberabas	Verberabatis
3^rd Person	verberabat	verberabant

Terreo, terrere, terrui, territus – to frighten, to scare

	Singular	Plural
1^st Person	terrebam	terrebamus
2^nd Person	terrebas	terrebatis
3^rd Person	terrebat	terrebant

Mitto, mittere, misi, missus – to send

	Singular	Plural
1^st Person	mittebam	mittebamus
2^nd Person	mittebas	mittebatis
3^rd Person	mittebat	mittebant

Facio, facere, feci, factus – to do, to make

	Singular	Plural
1^st Person	faciebam	faciebamus
2^nd Person	faciebas	faciebatis
3^rd Person	faciebat	faciebant

Audio, audire, audivi, auditus – to hear

	Singular	Plural
1^st Person	audiebam	audiebamus
2^nd Person	audiebas	audiebatis
3^rd Person	audiebat	audiebant

Irregular verbs do not have any rules, you just have to memorize and remember these conjugations.

Sum, esse, fui, futurus – to be

	Singular	Plural
1^st Person	eram	eramus
2^nd Person	eras	eratis
3^rd Person	erat	erant

Possum, posse, posui, ~ - can, is able

	Singular	Plural
1^st Person	poteram	poteramus
2^nd Person	poteras	poteratis
3^rd Person	poterat	poterant

¨After copying these notes & writing down any questions for your teacher, translate each verb in the conjugations listed above. Then, complete the assigned homework.