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THE LATIN VERB. The dictionary entry for a verb will give you the following information: - I -form of Present tense - Infinitive (from which the other forms of the Present and also the Imperfect and Future are formed)
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THE LATIN VERB The dictionary entry for a verb will give you the following information: - I-form of Present tense - Infinitive (from which the other forms of the Present and also the Imperfect and Future are formed) - I-form of Perfect (from which the other forms of the Perfect, the Past Perfect and the Future Perfect are formed) - Past Participle (from which the Passive Perfect, Past Perfect and Future Perfect are formed)
EXAMPLES OF DICTIONARY ENTRIES amō -āre -āvī -ātum love moneō -ēre -uī -itum warn videō -ēre vīdī visum see vincō -ere vīcī victum conquer audiō -īre -īvī -ītum hear, listen capiō -ere cēpīcaptum capture Notice that to save space, some dictionaries do not repeat the letters before the ending if they do not change in the other parts of the verb.
PRESENT TENSE • The endings in nearly all verbs are: • ō (I) • s (you –singular) • t (he/she/it) • mus (we) • tis (you –plural) • nt (they) • The endings are normally linked to the verb by the signature vowel for each conjugation
These endings survive in modern Italian, but with changes • The Italian endings are: • o • i • a or e • iamo • ateor eteor ite • ono
Present Tense - verbs with infinitive in -āre amō amās amat
Present Tense - verbs with infinitive in -āre amō amās amat amāmus
Present Tense - verbs with infinitive in -āre amō amās amat amāmus amātis
Present Tense - verbs with infinitive in -āre amō amās amat amāmus amātis amant
Present Tense - verbs with infinitive in -ēre moneō monēs
Present Tense - verbs with infinitive in -ēre moneō monēs monet
Present Tense - verbs with infinitive in -ēre moneō monēs monet monēmus
Present Tense - verbs with infinitive in -ēre moneō monēs monet monēmus monētis
Present Tense - verbs with infinitive in -ēre moneō monēs monet monēmus monētis monent
Present Tense - verbs with infinitive in -ere regō regis regit
Present Tense - verbs with infinitive in -ere regō regis regit regimus
Present Tense - verbs with infinitive in -ere regō regis regit regimus regitis
Present Tense - verbs with infinitive in -ere regō regis regit regimus regitis regunt
Present Tense - verbs with infinitive in -īre audiō audīs
Present Tense - verbs with infinitive in -īre audiō audīs audit
Present Tense - verbs with infinitive in -īre audiō audīs audit audīmus
Present Tense - verbs with infinitive in -īre audiō audīs audit audīmus audītis
Present Tense - verbs with infinitive in -īre audiō audīs audit audīmus audītis audiunt
Present Tense - verbs with I-form in –iō and infinitive in -ere capiō
Present Tense - verbs with I-form in –iō and infinitive in -ere capiō capis
Present Tense - verbs with I-form in –iō and infinitive in -ere capiō capis capit
Present Tense - verbs with I-form in –iō and infinitive in -ere capiō capis capit capimus
Present Tense - verbs with I-form in –iō and infinitive in -ere capiō capis capit capimus capitis
Present Tense - verbs with I-form in –iō and infinitive in -ere capiō capis capit capimus capitis capiunt
PRESENT TENSE OFesse (to be) sum es
PRESENT TENSE OFesse (to be) sum es est
PRESENT TENSE OFesse (to be) sum es est sumus
PRESENT TENSE OFesse (to be) sum es est sumus estis
PRESENT TENSE OFesse (to be) sum es est sumus estis sunt
Imperfect Tense Verbs in –āre: ābam - ābās –ābat –ābāmus - ābātis -ābant Verbs in –ēre and most verbs in –ere: -ēbam - ēbās –ēbat –ēbāmus - ēbātis - ēbant Verbs with –iō ending for I-form in Present (including all with infinitive in –īre and a few with infinitive in –ere) -iēbam - iēbās –iēbat –iēbāmus - iēbātis - iēbant The verbesse has the forms eram erās erat erāmus erātis erant
Imperfect Tense - verbs with infinitive in -āre amābam amābās
Imperfect Tense - verbs with infinitive in -āre amābam amābās amābat
Imperfect Tense - verbs with infinitive in -āre amābam amābās amābat amābāmus
Imperfect Tense - verbs with infinitive in -āre amābam amābās amābat amābāmus amābātis
Imperfect Tense - verbs with infinitive in -āre amābam amābās amābat amābāmus amābātis amābant
Imperfect Tense - verbs with infinitive in - ēre monēbam monēbās
Imperfect Tense - verbs with infinitive in - ēre monēbam monēbās monēbat