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Irregular Verbs

Irregular Verbs. volo , velle , volui , no 4 th p.p. What is the first thing you notice about this verb that indicates it is irregular? Is there anything else that seems unusual? What principal part seems to be regular? What conclusions can we make?

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Irregular Verbs

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  1. Irregular Verbs

  2. volo, velle, volui, no 4th p.p. • What is the first thing you notice about this verb that indicates it is irregular? • Is there anything else that seems unusual? • What principal part seems to be regular? • What conclusions can we make? • We can conclude that the verb is regular in the perfect pluperfect and future perfect tenses.

  3. Irregular Verbs • volo, velle, volui - want, be willing, wish • nolo, nolle, nolui - -not want, be unwilling, not wish • malo, malle, malui - prefer

  4. Things to Think About • What do these verbs have in common? volo nolo malo velle nolle malle

  5. Again what similarities do you see? • volui • nolui • malui

  6. Let’s look at the 1st principal part vo no ma lo lo lo

  7. Lets look at the 2nd principal part ve no ma lle lle lle

  8. 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 pattern to learn. • There are NO PASSIVE forms to learn.

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. Present tense of malo malo- I prefer mavis– you prefer mavult – he (etc.) prefers malumus– prefer mavultis– prefer malunt– prefer

  12. Now let’s compare them volonolomalo vis non vismavis vult non vultmavult volumusnolumusmalumus vultis non vultismavultis voluntnoluntmalunt

  13. Now look at these volonolomalo volumusnolumusmalumus voluntnoluntmalunt

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

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