Properties
The Latin verbs have the following properties:
- three persons: first, second, and third;
- two numbers: singular and plural;
- two aspects: perfective (finished) and imperfective (unfinished);
- six tenses: present, imperfect, future, perfect, pluperfect, and future perfect;
- three finite moods: indicative, subjunctive, and imperative;
- four non-finite forms: infinitive, gerund, participle, and supine; and
- two voices: active and passive.
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