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Concept Review:

Chapter One introduces the five parts of a verb: tense, mood, voice, person, and number. Also, chapter one introduces the Present Indicative Active and Present Imperative Active endings for the first (-are) and the second (-ere) conjugation verbs.

Tense indicates the time of action of the verb. In Latin there are six tenses, which will be introduced in later chapters.

Mood indicates the manner of the action of the verb or whether the verb indicates a fact, command, hypothetical action, or a potential action. You will learn additional moods in the later chapters. Chapter One introduces the Indicative (facts) and Imperative (commands).

Voice indicates whether the subject (active voice) or the object (passive voice) of the sentence performs the action of the verb.

Person indicates who is the subject. Subjects are first person (I or we), second person (you or you plural), and third person (he, she, it, or they).

Number indicates the number of subjects i.e. singular or plural.

An important point: Remember to learn all four priniciple parts of each verb when you are learning your vocabulary. The reason for this will become clear in the future as you learn addition verb tenses and forms. For reference charts with the verb endings refer to page 4 and page 452.

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