1. Irregular Verbs

2. volo, velle, volui, no 4 th p.p. What is the first thing you notice about this verb that indicates it is irregular? Is there anything else that seems unusual? What principal part seems to be regular? What conclusions can we make? We can conclude that the verb is regular in the perfect pluperfect and future perfect tenses.

3. Irregular Verbs volo, velle, volui - want, be willing, wish nolo, nolle, nolui - -not want, be unwilling, not wish malo, malle, malui - prefer

4. Things to Think About What do these verbs have in common? volo nolo malo velle nolle malle

5. Again what similarities do you see? volui nolui malui

6. Let’s look at the 1 st principal part vo no ma lo

7. Lets look at the 2 nd principal part ve no ma lle

8. Important Information The present tense of these verbs is the most irregular. You will have to memorize the forms. The imperfect and future are irregular because they do not follow a set of steps, but… The imperfect and future are easier because they have an easier pattern to learn. There are NO PASSIVE forms to learn.

9. Present Tense of volo volo - I want, I am willing, I wish vis – you want, you are willing you wish vult – he (etc.) wants, he is willing, he wishes volumus – we want, we are willing, we wish vultis – you want, you are willing you wish volunt – they want, they are willing, they wish

10. Present tense of nolo nolo - I do not want, I am unwilling, I do not wish non vis – you do not want, you are unwilling you do not wish non vult – he (etc.) does not want, he is unwilling, he does not wish nolumus – we do not want, we are unwilling, we do not wish non vultis – you do not want, you are unwilling you do not wish nolunt – they do not want, they are unwilling, they do not wish

11. Present tense of malo malo - I prefer mavis – you prefer mavult – he (etc.) prefers malumus – prefer mavultis – prefer malunt – prefer

12. Now let’s compare them volonolomalo visnon vismavis vultnon vultmavult volumus nolumusmalumus vultisnon vultismavultis voluntnoluntmalunt

13. Now look at these volonolomalo volumus nolumusmalumus voluntnoluntmalunt

14. So its all about taking the time to see the patterns.