PERFECT/PLUPERFECT

PERFECT

• Happened in the past
• Translates with ______ed, have/has _____ed, or did_____
• Make the percfect by last part -i plus the endings
• Endings: i, isti, it, imus, istis, erunt

EXAMPLE OF PERFECT

• recito, recitāre, recitāvī=recite
• recitāvi - i + endings
• recitāvi                        recitāvimus
• recitāvisti                    recitāvistis
• recitāvit                       recitāverunt

NOW YOU TRY

• obruō, obruere, obrui=overwhelm
• _________                 _________
• _________                 _________
• _________                 _________
• Ego obrui cum labor.

PLUPERFECT

• The past of the past
• Translates with had_____
• Make it with 3rd part -i plus the endings
• Endings: eram, eras, erat, eramus, eratis, erant

EXAMPLE OF PLUPERFECT

• abicio, abicere, abieci = throw away
• abieci - i + endings
• abiecieram                 abiecieramus
• abiecieras                   abiecieratis
• abiecierat                   abieciwerant

now you try

• defendo, defendere, defendi = defend
• _________                 _________
• _________                 _________
• _________                 _________
• Caecilius defenderat coloniam.