30.12.24: Level 2; the passive voice [13]; imperfect tense passive [2]; all forms [1]

The imperfect tense of the passive has exactly the same six endings as the present passive:

-r

-ris

-tur

-mur

-minī

-ntur

Images #1 and #2: These six endings are added to the stem of the imperfect tense active. The only change to note is the stem vowel for each conjugation.

Present tense: laudō

> imperfect tense active: laudā¦ba¦m │ I was praising; I used to praise

> imperfect tense passive: laudā¦ba¦r │ I was (being) praised; I used to be praised

Images #3 - #7: The verbs shown in the images all form the imperfect tense passive in exactly the same way and with the same stress changes (marked * in the example below):

laudā¦ba¦m │I was praising > laudā¦ba¦r │ I was (being) praised; I used to be praised

*laudā́¦bā¦s │ You (sg.) were praising > laudā¦bā́¦ris │ You (sg.) were being praised

*laudā́¦ba¦t │ He/she/it was praising > laudā¦bā́¦tur │ He/she/ it was being praised

laudā¦bā¦mus │ We were praising > laudā¦bā¦mur │ We were being praised

laudā¦bā¦tis │ You (pl.) were being praised > laudā¦bā¦minī │ You (pl.) were being praised

*laudā́¦ba¦nt │ They were praising > laudā¦bá¦ntur │ They were being praised