cibum.
M. Magister noster pueris puellisque gratas Gallorum fabulas saepe
narrat et laudat eos saepe.
C. Mala est fortuna eorum et saepe miseri servi multis cum lacrimis
patriam suam desiderant.

[Footnote 1: There are a number of departures from the normal order
in this dialogue. Find them, and give the reason.]

[Footnote 2: When a noun is modified by both a genitive and an
adjective, a favorite order of words is _adjective, genitive,
noun_.]

[Footnote 3: A modifying genitive often stands between a preposition
and its object.]

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Second Review, Lessons IX-XVII, Secs. 506-509

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LESSON XVIII

CONJUGATION
THE PRESENT, IMPERFECT, AND FUTURE TENSES OF /SUM\

[Special Vocabulary]

NOUNS
lu:dus, -i:, m.,_school_
/socius, soci:\, m., _companion, ally_ (social)

ADJECTIVES
/i:ra:tus, -a, -um\, _angry, furious_ (irate)
/laetus, -a, -um\, _happy, glad_ (social)

ADVERBS
hodie:, _to-day_
/ibi\, _there, in that place_
mox, _presently, soon_, of the immediate future
/nunc\, _now, the present moment_
/nu:per\, _lately, recently_, of the immediate past

_119._ The inflection of a verb is called its _conjugation_ (cf. Sec.
23). In English the verb has but few changes in form, the different
meanings being expressed by the use of personal pronouns and
auxiliaries, as, _I am carried, we have carried, they shall have
carried_, etc. In Latin, on the other hand, instead of using personal
pronouns and auxiliary verbs, the form changes with the meaning. In
this way the Romans expressed differences in _tense, mood, voice,
person_, and _number_.

_120._ The Tenses. The different forms of a verb referring to
different times are called its _tenses_. The chief distinctions of
time are present, past, and future:

1. /The present\, that is, _what is happening now_, or
_what usually happens_, is expressed by
THE PRESENT TENSE

2. /The past\, that is, _what was happening, used to happen,
happened, has happened_, or _had happened_, is expressed by
THE IMPERFECT, PERFECT, AND PLUPERFECT TENSES

3. /The future\, that is, _what is going to happen_, is expressed by
THE FUTURE AND FUTURE PERFECT TENSES

_121._ The Moods. Verbs have inflection of _mood_ to indicate the
manner in which they express action. The moods of the Latin verb