VIL: Lesson - Perfect System Charts and Practice

Perfect System Charts

Take notes on the following charts, showing the conjugation of the perfect, pluperfect and future perfect tenses. Remember, these tenses use the perfect stem:

  • adoro, adorare, adoravi, adoratus - to worship
    • adoravi - i = adorav-

Perfect Tense

Endings: i, isti, it, imus, istis, erunt

Perfect Tense
Person Singular Plural
1st Person adoravi adoravimus
2nd Person adoravisti adoravistis
3rd Person adoravit adoraverunt

Translation: Subject + Simple Past Form; Subject + have/has + Past Participle

  • adoravi - I worshiped, I have worshiped
  • adoravisti - You worshiped, You have worshiped
  • adoravit - He/She/It worshiped, He/She/It has worshiped
  • adoravimus - We worshiped, We have worshiped
  • adoravistis - You (plural) worshiped, You (plural) have worshiped
  • adoraverunt - They worshiped, They have worshiped

Pluperfect Tense

Endings: eram, eras, erat, eramus, eratis, erant

Pluperfect Tense
Person Singular Plural
1st Person adoraveram adoraveramus
2nd Person adoraveras adoraveratis
3rd Person adoraverat adoraverant

Translation: Subject + had + Past Participle

  • adoraveram - I had worshiped
  • adoraveras - You had worshiped
  • adoraverat - He/She/It had worshiped
  • adoraveramus - We had worshiped
  • adoraveratis - You (plural) had worshiped
  • adoraverant - They had worshiped

Future Perfect Tense

Endings: ero, eris, erit, erimus, eritis, erint

Future Perfect Tense
Person Singular Plural
1st Person adoravero adoraverimus
2nd Person adoraveris adoraveritis
3rd Person adoraverit adoraverint

Translation: Subject + will have + Past Participle

  • adoravero - I will have worshiped
  • adoraveris - You will have worshiped
  • adoraverit - He/She/It will have worshiped
  • adoraverimus - We will have worshiped
  • adoraveritis - You (plural) will have worshiped
  • adoraverint - They will have worshiped

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