1. 1st conjugation Present Tense
Active Voice

2. ALL VERBS HAVE 5 ATTRIBUTES
PERSON
NUMBER
TENSE
VOICE
MOOD

3. Latin uses personal endings to express the person of the verb.
o- I s- you (singular) t- he, she, it (there) mus- we tis – you (plural) nt- they
Latin uses personal endings to express the person of the verb.

4. These are referred to as:
1st person singular 2nd person singular 3rd person singular 1st person plural 2nd person plural 3rd person plural
o- I s- you (singular) t- he she, it, (there) mus- we tis – you (plural) nt - they

5. NUMBER
SINGULAR
o- I
s- you
t- he, she, it (there)
PLURAL
mus- we
tis – you (plural)
nt- they
Number simply means singular or plural. The endings that show the person also show the number of the verb

6. TENSE
The tense expresses when the verb takes place. There are six tenses in Latin. You are learning the PRESENT TENSE.

7. VOICE
The voice tells you if the subject is doing the action or is being acted upon. There are two voices ACTIVE – the subject does the action PASSIVE – the subject is being acted upon For now we will only work with the ACTIVE VOICE

8. MOOD
There are three moods in Latin Indicative – states a fact, asks a question Imperative – expresses a command Subjunctive – the wishy washy mood

9. CONJUGATION
All verbs are listed with 4 forms in the vocabulary list. These are called the principal parts. Any verb that has a 1st principal part ending in – o and a 2nd principal part ending in –are belongs to the 1st conjugation

10. 1st conjugation verbs
laudo, laudare, laudavi, laudatum ambulo, ambulare, ambulavi, ambulatum habito, habitare, habitavi, habitatum

11. PRESENT ACTIVE INDICATIVE of the 1st CONJUGTION
Take the 2nd principal part
(also called the present active infinitive)
Drop off the letters “ –re”
Add one of the personal endings
NOTA BENE – when adding the personal ending –o to the stem of the verb the –a disappears
laudo (not laudao) – I praise

12. example
habito – I live, I am living, I do live habitas- you live, you are living , you do live habitat – he lives, she lives, it lives, he is living, she is living, it is living he does live, she does live, it does live habitamus – we live, we are living, we do live habitatis – you live, you are living, you do live habitant – they live, they are living, they do live

13. We build They walk I love You (s.) shout We give
Practice
We build
They walk
I love
You (s.) shout
We give
6.They help 7. He works 8. She stands 9. We defeat 10. You (s.) tell