Future Tenses in Latin
This page delves into the future tenses in Latin, specifically Future I and Future II alsoknownasFuturePerfect, for both active and passive voices.
Future I (Simple Future)
The Future I tense is used to express actions that will happen in the future.
Example: For "clamare" toshout, the Future I active forms are: clamabo, clamabis, clamabit, clamabimus, clamabitis, clamabunt.
The table shows conjugations for verbs from different groups:
- a-conjugation: clamare toshout
- e-conjugation: ridere tolaugh
- i-conjugation: audire tohear
- consonant conjugation: promittere topromise
- mixed conjugation: capere totake
- irregular verbs: esse tobe and posse tobeable
Future II (Future Perfect)
The Future II or Future Perfect tense is used for actions that will have been completed in the future.
Highlight: The Future II is formed using the perfect stem of the verb plus special endings.
The table demonstrates various types of perfect stems:
- v-perfect: clamavero Iwillhaveshouted
- u-perfect: tacuero Iwillhavebeensilent
- s-perfect: promisero Iwillhavepromised
- reduplication: cucurrero Iwillhaverun
- lengthening: venero Iwillhavecome
Vocabulary:
- Reduplikation: A method of forming perfect stems by repeating the first consonant of the root
- Dehnungsperfekt: Perfect formed by lengthening the stem vowel
The passive voice for Future I is also presented, showing how these forms differ from their active counterparts.
Example: The Future I passive of "clamare" is: clamabor, clamaberis, clamabitur, clamabimur, clamabimini, clamabuntur.
This page provides an excellent resource for understanding the Futur Passiv Latein Latinfuturepassive and the formation of the Futur 1 Passiv Latein LatinfutureIpassive.