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New First Steps in Latin provides a basic introduction for students new to Latin. The text offers first-year instruction on Latin verbs, nouns, adjectives, and prepositions. This includes verbal conjugations 1–4, the active and passive voice in verbs, noun declensions 1–5, and simple sentences. The substantial appendix includes practice readings, a grammatical catechism, sentence diagramming,...

Present System Active Voice The IMPERFECT tense expresses continuous or repeated action in past time. The letters -bā- appear before the personal endings: IMPERFECT TENSE Singular imperfect endings present stem + ending 1st person -bam → amābam I was loving, - loved, - used to love 2nd person -bās → amābās you were loving, - loved, - used to love 3rd person -bat → amabat he/she/it was loving, - loved, - used to love Plural 1st person -bāmus → amābāmus we were
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