I have no idea what I am doing…..

A. 3rd person plural feminine perfect passive
B. 1st person singular masculine pluperfect passive
C. 1st person plural masculine future perfect passive
D. 3rd person plural neuter pluperfect passive
E. 2nd person singular feminine future perfect passive
F. 3rd person singular neuter perfect passive
G. 3rd person plural feminine pluperfect passive
H. 3rd person plural masculine future perfect passive
I. 2nd person plural masculine pluperfect passive
J. 1st person singular feminine perfect passive

doctus eram
territi eratis
portatae sunt
laudata sum
moti erunt
remotae erant
rogati erimus
amata eris
aedificita erant
exercitum est

please help me :/

It’s not that tough. Take the first one:

3rd person plural feminine perfect passive. OK – What’s a feminine plural ending on the participles? There are two – portatae sunt and remotae erant. Must be one of them. Now, you want the PRESENT perfect. Of those two, which has a form of ‘to be’ in the PRESENT tense? Yep, it’s portatae sunt.

Look at another one:

1st person plural masculine future perfect passive. Masculine plural endings? Three this time: territi eratis, rogati erimus, moti erunt. Which one has a first person plural form of ‘to be’? Can’t be ‘eratis’ – that’s second person. Can’t be ‘erunt’ – that’s third person. What’s left? Rogati erimus

Use those same techniques on the others – once you have a system, it’s really pretty simple.

3 Responses

1. Bill in Kansas Says:
   March 9th, 2010 at 5:53 pm

   Do your own homework
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2. Sean Says:
   March 9th, 2010 at 6:09 pm

   http://ancienthistory.about.com/cs/latin/p/latinverbtenses.htm
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3. dollhaus Says:
   March 9th, 2010 at 6:46 pm

   It’s not that tough. Take the first one:

   3rd person plural feminine perfect passive. OK – What’s a feminine plural ending on the participles? There are two – portatae sunt and remotae erant. Must be one of them. Now, you want the PRESENT perfect. Of those two, which has a form of ‘to be’ in the PRESENT tense? Yep, it’s portatae sunt.

   Look at another one:

   1st person plural masculine future perfect passive. Masculine plural endings? Three this time: territi eratis, rogati erimus, moti erunt. Which one has a first person plural form of ‘to be’? Can’t be ‘eratis’ – that’s second person. Can’t be ‘erunt’ – that’s third person. What’s left? Rogati erimus

   Use those same techniques on the others – once you have a system, it’s really pretty simple.
   References :

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