There are many things to consider when PARSing a verb; 6 persons, mode, voice (active and passive), tense [principal parts of the verb].
INDICATIVE VERBS
The tenses available for the indicative are; present, imperfect, future, perfect, pluperfect and future perfect (so all 6). It can be used in the active or passive and uses all persons. The indicative is a mood of facts that are known to be true, events that are/have/will take(n) place and most importantly of certainty.
The tenses can be group into a table, by their use of either the present stem or the perfect stem:
Present stem Perfect stem
PRESENT PERFECT
IMPERFECT PLUPERFECT
FUTURE FUTURE PERFECT
ACTIVE INDICATIVE
Present: 'I am X-ing'
present stem + endings
-
-s
-t
-mus
-tis
-nt
Imperfect: 'I was x-ing' / 'I used to X'
present stem + endings
-bam
-bas
-bat
-bamus
-batis
-bant
Future: 'I will X'
Present stem +
1/2 conjugation 3/4
-bo -am
-bis -es
-bit -et
-bimus -emus
-bitis -etis
-bunt -ent
Perfect: 'I X-ed'
3rd principle + -i
part -isti
-it
-imus
-istis
-erunt
Pluperfect: 'I had X-ed'
Perfect stem + -eram
-eras
-erat
-eramus
-eratis
-erant
NB; future perfect is not needed for GCSE latin
Future perfect: ‘i shall have X-ed’
Perfect stem + -ero
-eris
-erit
-erimus
-eritis
-erint
PASSIVE INDICATIVE
Present: 'I am being X-ed'
-r
-ris
-tur
-mur
-mini
-ntur
Imperfect: 'I was being X-ed'
Present stem + -bar
-baris
-batur
-bamur
-bamini
-bantur
Future: 'I will be X-ed'
1/2 3/4
Present stem + -bor pst + thematic vowel + -r
-beris -ris
-bitur -tur
-bimur -mur
-bimini -mini
-buntur -ntur
Perfect: 'I was X-ed'
4th principle + -sum
part (PPP) -es
-est
-sumus
-estis
-sunt
Pluperfect: 'I had been X-ed'
PPP + (imperfect of sum)
-eram
-eras
-erat
-eramus
-eratis
-erant
NB; again, future perfect passive is not needed for GCSE latin
Future perfect: ‘I shall have been X-ed’
PPP + (future of sum)
-ero
-eris
-erit
-erimus
-eritis
-erunt
Until next time,
Zoe and Viola
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