[*] 160. The Tenses of the Indicative have, in general, the same meaning as the corresponding tenses in English:— [*] a. Of continued action,
- 1. PRESENT: scrībō, I write, I am writing, I do write.
- 2. IMPERFECT: scrībēbam, I wrote, I was writing, I did write.
- 3. FUTURE: scrībam, I shall write.
- 4. PERFECT: scrīpsī, I have written, I wrote.
- 5. PLUPERFECT: scrīpseram, I had written.
- 6. FUTURE PERFECT: scrīpserō, I shall have written.