Latin Imperfect Tense

^^Tense:^^ Indicates the time when something is happening

In English, we think of tense as ==PAST==, @@PRESENT@@, and %%FUTURE%%

Latin tenses are not as simple…

Latin has $THREE past tenses$!!!

This note will focus on the ^^IMPERFECT TENSE^^

The imperfect tense denotes a ==repeated==, $<strong>habitual</strong>$, or %%ongoing%% action

For this in English, we typically use words such as %%WAS%%, ^^WHERE^^, @@USED TO,@@ ==or KEPT== to indicate the imperfect tense

Ex:

• He kept running until he ran out of breath
• She was walking through the fields
• I used to dance

Conjugating steps:

-Go to the infinitive

-Cut off the -re and the preceding vowel

-add the linking vowel

-add the endings

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