Transcript A Conjugation

VERBS
in
English
The Conjugation of Verbs
This word “CONJUGATION” will be very important
to your Latin studies….
The Conjugation of Verbs
So what is a conjugation?
What does “conjugate” mean?
“ To Conjugate”
“To Conjugate”
… basically means:
to Join Together….
“A Conjugation”
… is an entire SET of
verb forms that work
together as a whole.
From Latin, the word “Conjugation”
Means to “Yoke Together”
Like a
farmer’s
yoke
connects
two cows
or oxen
together…
This is what a “Conjugation” is…
ALL of a verb’s forms
JOINED
TOGETHER
Take a second …
AND BRAINSTORM…
How many
forms the verb
“TO BE” has….
Conjugation of: “TO BE”
being
is
are
will have been
were
had been
was
am
will be
is
going
to
be
has been
Remember, though, that
a Conjugation’s job is to.…
Join
all
those
forms
together…
So how do you
join them all
together???
Do you remember what
words ALWAYS connect
with verbs?
....
....
Hint: They always have to “Agree”
So… what words ALWAYS
connect with Verbs?
REMEMBER: Subjects ALWAYS agree
with verbs
And they therefore always give verbs
their FORMS…
She
They
is
are
Let’s go back to the verb “TO
BE…”
If we want to conjugate
“TO BE”.…
Then we have to
“join together”
all of its forms
And we can do so using all of its
possible SUBJECTS …
Conjugation of the Verb “To Be”
Build the verb forms by looking at their Subjects…
TO BE
I am
You are
S/He is
We are
You all are
They are
The Conjugation of Verbs
Here are a couple more verbs to try.
Remember to use the present tense!
to watch
to work
I watch
We watch
I work
We work
You watch
You (pl) watch
You work
You (pl) work
He/She works
They work
He/She watches They watch