1. Conjugations of Latin Verbs

2. Principle Parts Almost every verb has 4 principle parts
The 1st principle part is the first person of the present tense
The 2nd principle part is the infinitive which is used for the present, imperfect, and future tenses
The 3rd principle part is used for the perfect, pluperfect and future perfect tenses
The 4th principal part is used for the passive voice & participles

3. General Rules for Conjugating
For the present, imperfect, and future tense you use the infinitive of the verb.
You take off the –re and add the specific ending for each tense.
For the perfect, pluperfect, & future perfect tenses you use the third principle part of the verb.
-You take off the –i & add the specific ending for each tense.

4. Conjugations There are 4 conjugations of Latin verbs 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
-are ēre ere ire

5. Tenses There are 6 verb tenses in Latin: -Present -Perfect
-Imperfect -Pluperfect
-Future -Future Perfect
Each tense has its own endings

6. Present Tense
The present tense is used to describe what is going on or what is happening now.
endings:
-o or m -mus
-s -tis
-t -nt

7. Imperfect Tense
The imperfect tense is used to tell about an action that occurs in the past or went on for a long time.
The endings are:
bam -bamus
bas -batis
bat -bant

8. Future Tense
The future tense is used to tell what will or is going to happen.
The future tense also has two sets of ending.
The endings for 1st and 2nd conjugations are:
bo -bimus
bis -bitis
bit -bunt

9. Future Tense Continued
The other set of endings is used for the 3rd and 4th conjugations.
Those endings are:
am -emus
es -etis
et -ent
REMEMBER – BO, BI, BU for 1 & 2, A & E for 4 & 3

10. Perfect Tense
The perfect tense is used to tell about a completed action or what has happened.
The endings are:
i -imus
isti -istis
it -erunt

11. Pluperfect Tense
The pluperfect tense is used to tell about an action that occurred before the perfect tense or what had happened.
The endings are:
eram -eramus
eras -eratis
erat -erant

12. Future Perfect Tense
The future perfect tense is used with conditional phrases, clauses with if, and tells what will have happened
The endings are:
ero -erimus
eris -eritis
erit -erint

13. Amo, amare, amavi, amatus = To love
1St Conjugation
Amo, amare, amavi, amatus = To love
Imperfect
amabam amabamus
amabas amabatis
amabat amabant
Present
amo amamus
amas amatis
amat amant
Future
amabo amabimus
amabis amabitis
amabit amabunt

14. 1st Continued Perfect amavisti amavistis amavit amaverunt Pluperfect
amavi amavimus
amavisti amavistis
amavit amaverunt
Pluperfect
amaveram amaveramus
amaveras amaveratis
amaverat amaverant
Future Perfect
amavero amaverimus
amaveris amaveritis
amaverit amaverint

15. Maneo, manēre, mansi, mansurus = To remain, stay, wait
2nd Conjugation
Maneo, manēre, mansi, mansurus = To remain, stay, wait
Imperfect
manebam manebamus
manebas manebatis
manebat manebant
Present
maneo manemus
manes manetis
manet manent
Future
manebo manebimus
manebis manebitis
manebit manebunt

16. 2nd Continued Perfect mansisti mansistis mansit manserunt Pluperfect
mansi mansimus
mansisti mansistis
mansit manserunt
Pluperfect
manseram manseramus
manseras manseratis
manserat manserant
Future Perfect
mansero manserimus
manseris manseritis
manserit manserint

17. 3rd Conjugation There are regular 3rd conjugation verbs and 3rd –io.
For all third conjugation verbs instead of only taking off the –re and adding the endings for the present tense you have to change the e to an i.
For the rest of the tenses the rules are the same but for the 3rd –io you put an i before the e in the imperfect and future tenses.
Also in the 3rd person plural form of the present tense the i changes to an u.

18. 3rd Conjugation (regular)
Cado, cadere, cecidi, casurus = To fall
Imperfect
cadebam cadebamus
cadebas cadebatis
cadebat cadebant
Present
cado cadimus
cadis caditis
cadit cadunt
Future
cadam cademus
cades cadetis
cadet cadent

19. 3rd Conjugation (regular)…
Perfect
cecidi cecidimus
cecidisti cecidistis
cecidit ceciderunt
Pluperfect
cecideram cecideramus
cecideras cecideratis
ceciderat ceciderant
Future Perfect
cecidero ceciderimus
cecideris cecideritis
ceciderit ceciderint

20. Facio, facere, feci, factus = To make, do
3rd Conjugation (-io)
Facio, facere, feci, factus = To make, do
Imperfect
faciebam faciebamus
faciebas faciebatis
faciebat faciebant
Present
facio facimus
facis facitis
facit faciunt
Future
faciam faciemus
facies facietis
faciet facient

21. 3rd Conjugation (-io)… Perfect fecisti fecistis fecit fecerunt
feci fecimus
fecisti fecistis
fecit fecerunt
Pluperfect
feceram feceramus
feceras feceratis
fecerat fecerant
Future Perfect
fecero fecerimus
feceris feceritis
fecerit fecerint

22. Dormio, dormire, dormivi, dormiturus= To sleep dormiebam dormiebamus
4th Conjugation
Dormio, dormire, dormivi, dormiturus= To sleep
Imperfect
dormiebam dormiebamus
dormiebas dormiebatis
dormiebat dormiebant
Present
dormio dormimus
dormis dormitis
dormit dormiunt
Future
dormiam dormiemus
dormies dormietis
dormiet dormient

23. 4th Conjugation Continued
Perfect
dormivi dormivimus
dormivisti dormivistis
dormivit dormiverunt
Pluperfect
dormiveram dormiveramus
dormiveras dormiveratis
dormiverat dormiverant
Future Perfect
dormivero dormiverimus
dormiveris dormniveritis
dormiverit dormiverint

24. Irregular Verbs
Along with regular verbs there are also irregular verbs in Latin.
They have their own endings and have a special ways of being conjugated.
The six verbs that will be conjugated are esse, posse, velle, nolle, ferre, and ire.

25. Sum, esse, fui, futurus-to be
Imperfect
eram eramus
eras eratis
erat erant
Future
ero erimus
eris eritis
erit erunt
Present
sum sumus
es estis
est sunt
Perfect
fui fuimus
fuisti fuistis
fuit fuerunt
Future Perfect
fuero fuerimus
fueris fueritis
fuerit fuerint
Pluperfect
fueram fueramus
fueras fueratis
fuerat fuerant

26. Possum, posse, potui- to be able
This verb is just like esse only there must be a pot before the e and pos before the s.
Present
possum possumus
potes potestis
potest possunt
Imperfect
poteram poteramus
poteras poteratis
poterat poterant
Future
potero poterimus
poteris poteritis
poterit poterunt

27. Possum, posse, potui- to be able…
Pluperfect
potueram potueramus potueras potueratis
potuerat potuerant
Perfect
potui potuimus
potuisti potuistis
potuit potuerunt
Future Perfect
potuero potuerimus
potueris potueritis
potuerit potuerint

28. Volo, velle, volui- to want Nolo, nolle, nolui- to not want
These two verbs conjugated the same way.
Imperfect
volebam volebamus
volebas volebatis
volebat volebant
Present
volo volumus
vis vultis
vult volunt
Future
volam volemus
voles voletis
volet volent
Imperfect
nolebam nolebamus
nolebas nolebatis
nolebat nolebant
Present
nolo nolumus
non vis non vultis
non vult nolunt
Future
nolam nolemus
noles noletis
nolet nolent

29. Volo, velle, volui- to want Nolo, nolle, nolui- to not want…
Future Perfect
voluero voluerimus
volueris volueritis
voluerit voluerint
Pluperfect
volueram volueramus volueras volueratis
voluerat volueratis
Perfect
volui voluimus
voluisti voluistis
voluit voluerunt
Perfect
nolui noluimus
noluisti noluistis
noluit noluerunt
Pluperfect
nolueram nolueramus nolueras nolueratis
noluerat nolueratis
Future Perfect
noluero noluerimus
nolueris nolueritis
noluerit noluerint

30. Fero, ferre, tuli, latus- to bring, carry
Present
fero ferimus
fers fertis
fert ferunt
Imperfect
ferebam ferebamus
ferebas ferebatis
ferebat ferebant
Future
feram feremus
feres feretis
feret ferent

31. Fero, ferre, tuli, latus… Perfect Pluperfect Future Perfect
tuli tulimus
tulisti tulistis
tulit tulerunt
Pluperfect
tuleram tuleramus tuleras tuleratis
tulerat tulerant
Future Perfect
tulero tulerimus
tuleris tuleritis
tulerit tulerint

32. Eo, ire, ivi, iturus To go Imperfect Present Future eo imus
is itis
it eunt
Imperfect
ibam ibamus
ibas ibatis
ibat ibant
Future
ibo ibimus
ibis ibitis
ibit ibunt

33. Eo, ire, ivi, iturus… Perfect Pluperfect Future Perfect
ivi ivimus
ivisti ivistis
ivit iverunt
Pluperfect
iveram iveramus iveras iveratis
iverat iverant
Future Perfect
ivero iverimus
iveris iveritis
iverit iverint

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