A synopsis is a summary In Latin class when we write a synopsis of a particular verb we are taking one form from each tense and putting it into a list This one form will be identified by person and number ie third person singular or she In this way you are demonstrating that you can ID: 271351
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Writing a Synopsis in LatinSlide2
A synopsis is a summary. In Latin class, when we write a synopsis of a particular verb, we are taking one form from each tense and putting it into a list. This one form will be identified by person and number (i.e. third person singular, or s/he…). In this way, you are demonstrating that you can conjugate the chosen verb in every tense without having to write out all the charts.Slide3
For example, if I asked you to conjugate the verb
ago
agere egi
actus, drive, in all the tenses we know, you would write:
agoI driveagimuswe driveagisyou driveagitisyou (all) driveagithe, she, it drivesaguntthey drive
present tenseSlide4
and then:
imperfect tense
agebam
I
was driving
agebamuswe were drivingagebasyou were drivingagebatisyou (all) were drivingagebathe, she, it was drivingagebantthey were drivingSlide5
and then:
future tense
agam
I
will drive
agemuswe will driveagesyou will driveagetisyou (all) will driveagethe, she, it will driveagentthey will driveSlide6
and finally:
perfect tense
egi
I drove
egimus
we droveegistiyou droveegistisyou (all) droveegithe, she, it droveegeruntthey droveSlide7
That would take a great deal of time. Instead, we can practice all of the verb forms by just choosing one from each chart.Slide8
What would that look like? If we wrote our synopsis of
ago
agere egi
actus, drive, in the first person plural (we…) it would look like this:
tenseLatinEnglishpresentagimuswe driveimperfectagebamuswe were drivingfutureagemuswe will driveperfectegimuswe droveSlide9
Now it’s your turn. What would a synopsis of
ago
agere egi
actus, drive, look like in the third person plural?
tenseLatinEnglishpresentaguntthey driveimperfectagebantthey were drivingfutureagentthey will driveperfectegeruntthey droveSlide10Slide11
After reviewing the tenses presented here, you must take the multiple choice quiz on X2. This quiz will ask you to
translate several verb forms into English.
See you tomorrow!