The Perfect Tense (Sheet B)

 

Verbs in the Perfect tense often look very different to their appearance in the Present tense. Here are some examples:

 

Present Tense

Perfect Tense

maneo=I stay/I remain

mansi=I stayed/I remained

dico=I say

dixi=I said

duco=I lead

duxi=I led

mitto=I send

misi=I sent

pono=I place

posui=I placed

curro=I run

cucurri=I ran

discedo=I depart/I leave

discessi=I departed/I left

facio=I do/I make

feci=I did/I made

capio=I capture

cepi=I captured

sum=I am

fui=I have been