1. Future Tense of 3rd, 3rd –io, and 4th conjugation verbs
Lessons XXII and XXIV
Lessons 22 and 24
Future Tense of 3rd, 3rd –io, and 4th conjugation verbs

2. Remember Future Tense?
A long time ago, in happy Latin Land, we learned some FUTURE TENSE endings.
They were super cool-looking:
-BO (I will…) -BIMUS (we will…)
-BIS (you will…) -BITIS (you will…)
-BIT (h/s/it will) -BUNT (they will…)
Problem: THEY ARE ONLY USED FOR 1st and 2nd CONJUGATION VERBS.
THAT’S THE –O, -ARE and –EO, -ERE VERBS.

3. What about 3rd, 3rd –io, and 4th conjugation verbs???
Sadly, 3rd, 3rd –io, and 4th conjugation verbs do NOT use those super cool-looking endings (-bo, -bis, -bit, etc.). So we’ll move on to the new future endings… What?! You’ve forgotten what 3rd, 3rd –io, and 4th verbs look like over the 3-day weekend?!?! Well, let’s review…

4. Reviewing Verb Conjugations
3rd conjugation verbs have –o, -ere as their dictionary endings like pono, ponere.
3rd –io verbs have –io, -ere as their dictionary endings like capio, capere.
4th conjugation verbs have –io, -ire as their dictionary endings like audio, audire.

5. pono ponimus ponis ponitis ponit ponunt capio capimus capis capitis
Present Tense (Review!):
pono ponimus
ponis ponitis
ponit ponunt
capio capimus
capis capitis
capit capiunt
audio audimus
audis auditis
audit audiunt
Remember that the “e” changes to “i” or “u”
Remember that this has “i” in its stem

6. Making FUTURE Tense
FUTURE TENSE for these verbs (3rd, 3rd –io, and 4th) looks very similar to PRESENT TENSE.
The only difference is the vowels you use before the personal endings.
Do NOT use the bo, bis, bit endings like we did earlier in the year.

7. ponam ponemus pones ponetis ponet ponent capiam capiemus
Future Tense (“will….”)
(Please copy the entire chart)
ponam ponemus
pones ponetis
ponet ponent
capiam capiemus
capies capietis
capiet capient
audiam audiemus
audies audietis
audiet audient
3rd –io has an ‘i’ in every form!
4th already has ‘i’ in its stem!

8. ·Present Tense
·pono ponimus
·ponis ponitis
·ponit ponunt
·Future Tense
·ponam ponemus
·pones ponetis
·ponet ponent

9. So…what does it mean??? Cibum in carrum ponimus.
We place the food into the cart.
Cibum in carrum ponemus.
We will place the food into the cart.
You know ponemus is future because you know that pono, ponere is 3rd conjugation and 3rd conjugation verbs use “E” in their future tense endings.

10. Every “E” Is Not Future Tense 
2nd conjugation verbs have “e” that occurs naturally in their PRESENT tense.
2nd conjugation verbs: -eo, -ere
doceo, docere: teach
Present Tense Future Tense
doceo docemus docebo docebimus
doces docetis docebis docebitis
docet docent docebit docebunt

11. Things To Take Away With You!
If a verb ends in bo, bis, bit, bimus, bitis, bunt, it’s DEFINITELY future tense.
If a verb ends in –am it’s DEFINITELY future tense (1st person, “I will…”)
If a verb ends in –es, -et, -emus, -etis, -ent it’s either PRESENT or FUTURE. Check its conjugation to see:
1st/2nd conjugation: PRESENT
3rd/4th conjugation: FUTURE
If a verb ending has a combination of –ie-, it’s always future tense.

12. Practice! You may work with a partner. Turn in to the basket when done.
Puellae equos agunt.
Puellae equos agent.
Caesar oppidum capit.
Caesar oppidum capiet.
Captivi ab oppido in silvam fugiunt.
Litteras ad Marcum, amicum meum, mittam.
Servus ab casa fugiet.
Viri puellas defendent.
I will lead the horses.
We will send a messenger to town.