Verbs have many different tenses, Present, Perfect, Imperfect, Future, Pluperfect, and Future-Perfect. Present tense is in the now(someone IS doing something). Perfect is past tense that is a completed action(someone HAS/HAVE done something). Imperfect is past tense of a verb that didn’t finish(someone WAS doing something). Future is an action that will occur or hasn’t occurred yet(someone WILL do something). Pluperfect tense is a form of past tense that occurred before another action (someone DID something BEFORE he/she did something ELSE). Future-perfect is an action that will happen in the future and be completed (someone WILL HAVE done something) (not used very often but still may come across it). . Verbs ending in “-o” “-s” “-t” “-mus” “-tis” “-nt” are usually in present tense. Verbs ending in “-bam” “-bas” “-bat” “-bamus” “-batis” “-bant” are usually in imperfect tense. “-i” “-is” “-it” “-imus” “-istis” “-erunt” are in the perfect tense. Verbs you are likely to come across are (in the infinitive [infinitive is the base form of a verb from which you get all, but the perfect pluperfect and future-perfect tenses from {translates just like English infinitives}]): Dicere: to say (like dire in French) Exire: to go out (like exit) Facere: to make/do (like faire in French) Narrare: to tell (like narrate) Portare: to carry (like transPORT) Rogare: to ask (like interROGate) Videre: to see (like video) Est: He/She is (irregular) Potest: He/She is able (irregular) Vult: He/She wants (irregular) Iit: He/She went (irregular)
Salve: Hello Vale: Goodbye, farewell Vah!: Ugh! Tace!: Be silent! Nonne?: Surely? Minime: No Ita Vero: Yes Gratia: Thanks Cur?: Why?
Some older Latin may have a few different rules on pronunciation. For example, a J will make a hard Y sound. Cs will always make their hard sound in older latin, like a K. They never sound like an S.
