Take some time with the perfect tense of this verb:
Image #1 shows you the way it was formed in Classical Latin.
Image #2 shows an alternative form (īvī); the alternative form with /v/ in the stem appears very occasionally in Classical Latin, and some forms don’t appear at all (Wiktionary, for example, only lists the ones shown here). Nevertheless, they do occur in later Latin, and some textbooks will use them. However, the one on which to focus is noted below.
What’s happening in this verb?
The verb is eō, īre, iī.
The stem for the perfect is i-, one letter, and to that
letter the perfect tense endings are added, but note the spelling changes
marked by an asterisk (and marked in green in the first image).
iī: I went / I have gone
*īstī: you(sg.) went / have gone [stem i + istī > īstī]
iit: he / she / it went / has gone
iimus: we went / have gone
*īstis: you (pl.) went / have gone [stem i + istis
> īstis]
iērunt: they went / have gone
As with all other tenses of this verb, if it has a prefix,
the same endings will apply:
rediī: I returned
adīstī: you (sg.) approached
exiit: he / she / it went out
trānsiimus: we crossed
abīstis: you (pl.) went away
periērunt: they perished
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