Year 3 · Grade 5: Was Doing

Recognize was and used to on amo-type verbs, plus erat and erant. The future waits.

Practice this lesson

What to notice

• -bat
• erat
• erant

Explanation

Amat means he loves, or she loves. Amabat means he was loving, or he used to love. The same -bat ending works on other verbs of this family: portabat, he was carrying.

Est means he is. Erat means he was. Erant means they were. This lesson does not ask for will love or for every verb family.

Examples

• amabat — he was loving -bat means was or used to.
• portabat — she was carrying Same ending, another verb.
• erat — he was The was form of est.
• erant — they were More than one.

Latin in this lesson

• amabat — he was loving
• portabat — she was carrying
• erat — he was
• erant — they were
• cantabat — she was singing
• Puella erat bona. — The girl was good.