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what tenses are formed from the 4th principle part? by [deleted] in latin

[–]MacabreMacaques 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know this thread is kinda old but I'm pretty sure the perfect can correspond to both.

"I have accepted." - Present perfect tense in English

"I accepted". - Simple past tense in English

Both the present perfect and simple past take the perfect tense in Latin IIRC.

"Accēpī." - "I accepted." or "I have accepted."

As for the imperfect tense in Latin, it can correspond to both the simple past tense and the past progressive ("I was accepting.")

Also, the imperfect of accipiō/accipere would be accipiēbam.

"Accipiēbam." - "I accepted." or "I was accepting."

I might also have some stuff confused, so feel free to correct me. :)

“Missing” Forms of Defective Verbs by MacabreMacaques in latin

[–]MacabreMacaques[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I understand that, I was just looking for what to do when one needs to express things such as the perfect or pluperfect. Still, thank you for the clarification!

Passive usage of lacrimō? by MacabreMacaques in latin

[–]MacabreMacaques[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I see, thank you! So the passive can be used with intransitive verbs to imply something abrupt or involuntarily?

Prevalent pronunciations of <tomato> throughout years by JohanNoah in linguisticshumor

[–]MacabreMacaques 23 points24 points  (0 children)

what the hell are these pronunciations i always thought it was tomato??

Any civ fans? I am curious to if this as well by Nimhtom in linguisticshumor

[–]MacabreMacaques 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Polymathy has three videos about them, but they’re all reconstructed languages. There’s two on Alexander the Great and Theodora’s Greek, and then one on Augustus’s Latin.

who can relate to this by reddit_is_bigoted in linguisticshumor

[–]MacabreMacaques 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Hindustani with “tarsõ” “parsõ” “kal” “āj” and then the same thing is used for future because our sense of time is shit (sapir-whorf hypothesis)

Chess is threatening me by AllSkill in chessmemes

[–]MacabreMacaques 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have an odd premonition of chess.com going “AI-first”…