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THE IMPERFECT TENSE The Imperfect Tense: • Expresses action that took place repeatedly or customarily in the past • Is often translated with the helping verb “was” or “were” • Has a special set of verb endings The imperfect tense endings: • bam • bamus • bas • batis • bat • bant Add the imperfect endings to an infinitive, minus the -re amare - re = ama + bam amabam=I used to love The capital of Roman Gaul was Lugdunum. imperfect of amare • amabam • amabamus • amabas • amabatis • amabat • amabant imperfect of tenere • tenebam • tenebamus • tenebas • tenebatis • tenebat • tenebant Lugdunum is present-day Lyon, France. imperfect of dicere • dicebam • dicebamus • dicebas • dicebatis • dicebat • dicebant The imperfect of fourth conjugation verbs and third “-io” verbs has an IE before the imperfect endings: Capiebam, faciebas, audiebat, veniebat, etc. imperfect of salire • saliebam • saliebamus • saliebas • saliebatis • saliebat • saliebant This bridge is in France It was built by the Romans The imperfect tense of esse and posse is irregular! imperfect of esse • eram • eramus • eras • eratis • erat • erant imperfect of posse • poteram • poteramus • poteras • poteratis • poterat • poterant The imperfect of ire and its compounds have an “i” before the imperfect endings. Imperfect of ire • ibam • ibamus • ibas • ibatis • ibat • ibant Imperfect of exire • exibam • exibamus • exibas • exibatis • exibat • exibant Gaul was added to the Roman Empire by Julius Caesar FINIS
