The infinitive has two main tenses (present and perfect) as well as a number of periphrastic tenses used in reported speech. Participles in Latin have three tenses (present, perfect, and future). In addition to these six tenses of the indicative mood, there are four tenses in the subjunctive mood and two in the imperative mood. However, these are less commonly used than the six basic tenses. To these six main tenses can be added various periphrastic or compound tenses, such as ductūrus sum 'I am going to lead', or ductum habeō 'I have led'. The main Latin tenses can be divided into two groups: the present system (also known as infectum tenses), consisting of the present, future, and imperfect and the perfect system (also known as perfectum tenses), consisting of the perfect, future perfect, and pluperfect. For Latin tenses from a functional perspective, see Latin tenses (semantics).
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