
  <RV>The Pluperfect Tense<RV>         Meaning: I <UL>had<UL> love<UL>d<UL>
  
                       <BO>-eram   -eramus<BO>     
       <BO>perfect stem +  -eras   -eratis<BO>     
     (3rd prin. part)  <BO>-erat   -erant<BO>

 
  There are 4 main types of perfect stems:
  
  <BO><--     "u/v" perfect    -->      "s"   long vowel  reduplicated
  ama<UL>v<UL>-      mon<UL>u<UL>-      audi<UL>v<UL>-     re<UL>x<UL>-     v<UL>i<UL>d-      <UL>cu<UL>curr-

             monu<BO>eram<BO>                       vid<BO>eram<BO>
             monu<BO>eras<BO>                       vid<BO>eras<BO>
             monu<BO>erat<BO>                       vid<BO>erat<BO>
             monu<BO>eramus<BO>                     vid<BO>eramus<BO>
             monu<BO>eratis<BO>                     vid<BO>eratis<BO>
             monu<BO>erant<BO>                      vid<BO>erant<BO>