How do you change tenses?
n
The
Present
tense (
happening
now
) is the present verb stem
(
imperative sing.)
plus endings.
n
spect
ō.
n
spectā
s.
n
specta
t.
n
spectā
mus.
n
spectā
tis.
n
specta
nt.
n
The
Imperfect
tense is the
present verb stem, a tense
indicator (
ba
) (“was” -ing), &
endings.
n
spectā
ba
m.
n
spectā
bā
s.
n
spectā
ba
t.
n
spectā
bā
mus.
n
spectā
bā
tis.
n
spectā
ba
nt.