Irregular Verbs (It’s all about the patterns )

1. Irregular Verbs(It’s all about the patterns)

2. volo, velle, volui, no 4th p.p. • What is the one thing you notice about this verb that indicates it is irregular? • There is no 4th principal part. • Is there anything else that seems unusual? • The 2nd principal part does not have -re • Does the 3rd principal part seem typical? • Well it ends in – ilike most other 3rd principal parts. • What conclusions can we make?

3. Conclusions • We will not be using the 2nd principal part like we normally do. • Since it is the 2nd principal part that forms the present, imperfect and future, it is these tenses that are irregular. • We will use the 3rd principal part as we always have. So the perfect, pluperfect and future perfect tenses will be regular.

4. Here is another way to look at things. • MEMORIZE the present, imperfect and future tenses of these new verbs. • The other tenses follow the same steps as ALL other verbs, so review those steps from your folder. By the other tenses, I mean the perfect, pluperfect and future perfect.

5. On the next slide you will see the principal parts for the new verbs. MEMORIZE THESE PRINCIPAL PARTS.

6. PRINCIPAL PARTS • volo, velle, volui - want, be willing, wish • nolo, nolle, nolui - -not want, be unwilling, not wish • malo, malle, malui - prefer

7. Things to Think About • What do these forms have in common? volo nolo malo

8. Let’s break it apart. vo no ma lo lo lo

9. What do these forms have in common? velle nolle malle

10. Lets break it apart for these too. ve no ma lle lle lle

11. Did you see the patterns?

12. Important Information • The present tense of these verbs is the most irregular. You will have to memorize the forms. • The imperfect and future are irregular because they do not follow a set of steps, but… • The imperfect and future are easier because they have an easier patternto learn. • There are NO PASSIVE forms to learn.

13. On the following slides you will see the present tense for three verbs. • volo, velle, volui • nolo, nolle, nolui • malo, malle, malui

14. Present Tense of volo volo - I want , I am willing, I wish vis – you want, you are willing you wish vult – he (etc.) wants, he is willing, he wishes volumus – we want, we are willing, we wish vultis – you want, you are willing you wish volunt – they want, they are willing, they wish

15. Present tense of nolo nolo - I do not want , I am unwilling, I do not wish non vis– you do not want, you are unwilling you do not wish non vult– he (etc.) does not want, he is unwilling, he does not wish nolumus – we do not want, we are unwilling, we do not wish non vultis– you do not want, you are unwilling you do not wish nolunt – they do not want, they are unwilling, they do not wish

16. Present tense of malo malo - I prefer mavis – you prefer mavult – heprefers malumus – we prefer mavultis – you prefer malunt – they prefer

17. Now let’s compare them …patterns Remember to look for the...

18. Present tense of ALL three verbs volonolomalo vis non vismavis vult non vultmavult volumusnolumusmalumus vultis non vultismavultis voluntnoluntmalunt

19. Do you see the patterns? visnonvismavis vultnonvultmavult vultisnonvultismavultis

20. Now look at these volonolomalo volumusnolumusmalumus voluntnoluntmalunt

21. So its all about taking the time to see the patterns.

22. Now it is time to practice.Translate the following into Latin. • I want • we are willing • they do not want • he is unwilling • we prefer • she prefers • he does prefer • you (s.) want • they wish • I am unwilling • she wants • you (pl) wish • we do not want • to prefer