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Chapter 3 - Verbs
In Latin, Verbs have endings just like
nouns.
They are called personal endings and
each ending actually means
something . . . .
Personal Endings
o-I
mus - we
s - you
tis – you (pl)
t– he, she, it
nt - they
How do you translate present tense
verbs?
There are THREE ways!
e.g. (exempli gratia – for example)
Narro – the ‘o’ on the end means “I”
It can be translated- I tell,
I am telling . . . or
I do tell
First Conjugation
narro, narrāre, narrāvi, narrātus
To get the present stem, take the –re off the second principal part:
narra -
Narro – I tell.
Narrās – you tell
Narrāmus – we tell
Narrātis –You guys tell
Narrāt – he, she, it
tells
Narrānt – they tell
Second Conjugation
video, vidēre, vidi, visus
To get the present stem, take the –re off the second principal part:
vidē -
video – I see
vidēs – you see
vidēmus – we see
vidētis –You guys see
vidēt – he, she, it sees
vidēnt – they see
So, let’s translate some verbs . . .
ambulānt
They walk
They are walking
They do walk
The Tiber River, the river that
Runs through Rome.
vidēs
You see
You are seeing
You do see
One common verb is irregular and needs to be memorized.
It is the verb . . ..
To be - sum, esse, fui, futurus
sum – I am
sumus – we are
es - you are
estis – you are
est – he, she, it is
sunt - they are