1. V ERBS : P ERSONS Latin I

2. W HAT IS THE CONNECTION BETWEEN A VERB ENDING AND THE SUBJECT OF A VERB ? H OW CAN I LEARN 1 ST CONJUGATION VERBS ? We will learn: 1. What is a person? 2. What are the Latin Pronouns? 3. What are the personal verb endings?

3. W HAT IS A PERSON ? “reference of a segment of discourse to the speaker, to one spoken to, or to one spoken of as indicated by means of certain pronouns or in many languages by verb inflection” Merriam Webster The perspective; who is performing the action In Latin, this information is implied by the ending of the verb. It is not necessary to state the pronoun of the person as it is in English. For example. I work – laboro or ego laboro.

4. H OW IS THE INFORMATION GENERALLY SHOWN ? Each person has an ending Ending implies the subject of sentence PersonEndingSubjectExample 1 st P S- oIParoI prepare 2 nd P S- s- sYouParasYou prepare 3 rd P S- tHe/She/ItParatHe prepares 1 st P P- musWeParamusWe prepare 2 nd P P- tisYou (all)ParatisYou (all) prepare 3 rd P P- ntTheyParantThey prepare

5. F IRST PERSON S INGULAR The most personal point of view. English: I Latin: ego I love = am o I walk = ambul o

6. 2 ND P ERSON S INGULAR The second most personal. English: you Latin: tu You love = ama s You walk = ambula s

7. 3 RD P ERSON S INGULAR The least personal perspective. English: He/She/It Latin: is/ea/id He loves = ama t = She loves or It loves She walks = ambula t = He walks or It walks

8. 1 ST P ERSON P LURAL The most personal + others English: We Latin: nos We love = ama mus We walk = ambula mus

9. 2 ND P ERSON P LURAL The second most personal + others English: You (all) Latin: vos You all love = ama tis You all walk = ambula tis

10. 3 RD P ERSON P LURAL Still the least personal… + others English: They Latin: ei, eae, ea They love = ama nt They walk = ambula nt

11. 1 ST C ONJUGATION “a” stem Cenare – to eat Ceno Cenas Cenat Cenamus Cenatis Cenant

12. I N R EVIEW … Each ending implies a certain perspective and its pronoun! Why would you even use pronouns then? EMPHASIS!!!!!!! This is only one tense in one mood! There are more to come. See page 271 in your book. Indicative Present Tense

13. V ERB E NDINGS V IDEO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILGAtxl1pd0