Latin Endings
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Latin Endings
Chapter 8 Notes
Present Tense Verb Endings
PERSON SINGULAR PLURAL
1st Person ( I )sing. (WE)pl. o, m mus
2nd Person (YOU)sing. and pl. s tis
3rd Person (HE, SHE, IT)sing. (THEY) pl. t nt
Finding the Present Stem of a Verb
* you can find the present stem of a verb by changing the verb to it's infinitive form and then taking off the "re."
Example: Step1. (look at the word) Ambulo
Step 2. (add the "re") Ambulare
Step 3. (Take off the "re") Ambula
Step 4. AMBULA is the present stem of the verb Ambulo.
A:1st CONJUGATION
Sing. Plural
k1) ambulo - I walk, I am walking, I do walk
2) ambulas - YOU walk
3) ambulat - HE, SHE or IT walks
ambulamus - WE walk
Ambulatis - YOU (pl.) walk
Ambulant - THEY walk
ounderlined = verb endings k doesn't use the present stem
B: 2nd CONJUGATION sedeo- sedere
Sing. Plural
1) sedeo - I sit
2) sedes - YOU sit
3) sedet - HE, SHE, or IT sits
sedemus - WE sit
sedetis - you (pl.) sit
sedent- they sit
C: 3rd CONJUGATION: scribo - scribere E I
Sing. Plural
*1) scribo - I write
2) scribis - YOU write
3) sedet - HE, SHE, or IT writes
scibimus - WE write
scribitis - YOU (pl.) write
*scribunt - THEY write
*drops last e or I
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