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The Verb Party. I. Proper format of verbs. Verbs are properly “named” with their first two principle parts: amo , amare. 1 st person sing., present tense. infinitive. Note: This is how you will see verbs in the dictionary, and in the vocabulary lists from now on. II. The parts of a verb.
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I. Proper format of verbs • Verbs are properly “named” with their first two principle parts: amo , amare 1st person sing., present tense infinitive Note: This is how you will see verbs in the dictionary, and in the vocabulary lists from now on.
II. The parts of a verb amare ama re stem ending characteristic vowel
III. Four kinds of verbs Kindexamplevowel • 1st Conjugation paro, parare a • 2nd Conjugation habeo, habēre ē • 3rd Conjugation mitto, mittere e • 3rd –io iacio, iacere • 4th Conjugation audio, audire i
IV. The Verb Party • We now need to learn how to conjugate each kind of verb • We start with the infinitive, as we usually do with verbs
1st Conjugation - parare par a re The endings column is just filled with the verb endings. par o par a s The unchanging stem can just be filled down. par a t par a mus Now you need to know what the characteristic vowel does for each conjugation. par a tis par a nt Watch (and memorize) where the “a” appears. endings column unchanging stem
hab ē re hab o hab s hab t hab mus hab tis hab nt 2nd Conjugation - habēre e The “strong e” of the 2nd conjugation shows itself throughout the whole conjugation. e e e e e
mitt e re mitt o mitt s mitt t mitt mus mitt tis mitt nt 3rd Conjugation - mittere The “weak e” of the 3rd conjugation never shows itself. Be sure to recite this strange pattern until you have it memorized well. i i i i u
aud o aud s aud t aud mus aud tis aud nt 4th Conjugation - audire aud i re i The 4th conjugation has the “i” all the way down, but adds a “u” at the end. i i i i iu
The 3rd -io • The 3rd –io is kind of a combination of 3rd and 4th conjugation • From the infinitive, you know for sure that it is a 3rd conjugation verb • Yet the 1st principle part ends in an “-io” instead of just an “-o” iacio, iacere the “-io” shows that it’s not a normal third “weak e” is always 3rd conj. continued…
iac e re iac o iac s iac t iac mus iac tis iac nt 3rd -io Conjugation - iacere i Although it is a 3rd conj. verb, in the present tense it is conjugated exactly like a 4th i i i i iu
What are the four characteristic vowels?(Say them before they appear.) 1st Conj. 2nd Conj. 3rd Conj. 4th Conj. a e ē i
Practice reciting the endings of all four conjugations 1st Conj. 2nd Conj. 3rd Conj. 4th Conj. -o -eo -o -io -as -es -is -is -at -et -it -it -amus -emus -imus -imus -atis -etis -itis -itis -ant -ent -unt -iunt