Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Primary
Present or Perfect
(shE rEAds a dIAry (-erim, -eris, -erit, etc.
Secondary
(any past tense: imperfect,
perfect, pluperfect)
Imperfect
(infinitive +
personal ending)
or
Pluperfect
(-issem, isses, isset, etc.
added to Perfect Stem)
Examples:
Caesar asks whether the soldiers are fighting. Caesar rogat num milites pugnent.
Caesar asks whether the soldiers fought. Caesar rogat num milites pugnaverint.
Caesar asked whether the soldiers were fighting. Caesar rogavit num milites pugnarent.
Caesar asked whether the soldiers had fought. Caesar rogavit num milites pugnavissent.