Perfect Tense:
Describes an action that
started in the past, and unlike imperfect tense, has ended in the past.
Ways to translate perfect
tense are:
e.g. = verberavit
1.
he beat
2.
he has beaten
3.
he did beat
To conjugate the perfect
tense, take the third principal part of your verb, cut off the –i to find your
stem, & add the perfect endings.
Verbero, verberare,
verberavi, verberatus – to
beat
|
Singular |
Plural |
1st Person |
Verberavi |
Verberavimus |
2nd Person |
Verberavisti |
Verberavistis |
3rd Person |
verberavit |
verberaverunt |
Terreo, terrere,
terrui, territus – to
frighten, to scare
|
Singular |
Plural |
1st Person |
terrui |
terruimus |
2nd Person |
terruisti |
terruistis |
3rd Person |
terruit |
terruerunt |
Mitto, mittere, misi,
missus – to send
|
Singular |
Plural |
1st Person |
misi |
misimus |
2nd Person |
misisti |
misistis |
3rd Person |
misit |
miserunt |
Facio, facere, feci,
factus – to do, to make
|
Singular |
Plural |
1st Person |
feci |
fecimus |
2nd Person |
fecisti |
fecistis |
3rd Person |
fecit |
fecerunt |
Audio, audire, audivi,
auditus – to hear
|
Singular |
Plural |
1st Person |
audivi |
audivimus |
2nd Person |
audivisti |
audivistis |
3rd Person |
audivit |
audiverunt |
Irregular verbs do not have
any rules, you just have to memorize and remember these conjugations.
Sum, esse, fui,
futurus – to be
|
Singular |
Plural |
1st Person |
fui |
fuimus |
2nd Person |
fuisti |
fuistis |
3rd Person |
fuit |
fuerunt |
Possum, posse, posui,
~ - can, is able
|
Singular |
Plural |
1st Person |
posui |
posuimus |
2nd Person |
posuisti |
posuistis |
3rd Person |
posuit |
posuerunt |