Using Participles in Latin Tenses

1. How do you use participles in Latin?
2. What are Latin perfect participles?
3. What is the rule for participles?

How do you use participles in Latin?

In both English and Latin, participles show time relative to the main verb. That is, a present participle happens at the same time as the main verb (+0 in time value), whereas a perfect participle shows action prior in time to the main verb (-1) and a future participle action time subsequent to the main verb (+1).

What are Latin perfect participles?

A perfect participle refers to action prior to that of the main verb. A future participle refers to action subsequent to that of the main verb. The proper understanding of Latin participles must always bear in the mind their tense and voice. Present Active Participle: contemporaneous action, active voice.

What is the rule for participles?

A participle is a verbal, or a word based off of a verb that expresses a state of being, ending in -ing (present tense) or -ed, -en, -d, -t, -n, or -ne (past tense) that functions as an adjective. This means it needs to modify (or describe) a noun or a pronoun.