1. Verbs

2. Principle Parts All regular verbs have 4 principle parts Principle parts is just a fancy term for the 4 forms of the verb given in the vocab entry The principle parts of the verb are the 4 forms that you need in order to create all the other forms of that verb English verbs also have principle parts, but you don’t learn them that way

3. What each principle part does: 1 st = 1 st person, singular, present tense –This is the “I” form of the verb: I walk, I sit, I talk 2 nd = infinitive –This is the “to” form of the verb: to walk, to sit –We use this form to make other forms of the verb 3 rd = 1 st person, singular, past tense –This is the “I” form of the verb: I walked, I sat, I talked 4 th = perfect passive participle

4. For Example amō, amāre, amavī, amatus amō = I love amāre = to love amavī = I loved (but I’m not now) amatus = having been loved

5. Plus Exempla laudō, laudāre, laudavī, laudatus laudō = I praise laudāre = to praise laudavī = I praised laudatus = having been praised

6. Plus Exempla habeō, habēre, habuī, habitus habeō = I have, hold habēre = to have, hold habuī = I had, held habitus = having been held

7. Plus Exempla videō, vidēre, vidī, visus videō = I see vidēre = to see vidī = I saw visus = having been seen

8. Plus Exempla vendō, vendere, vendidī, venditus vendō = I sell vendere = to sell vendidī = I sold venditus = having been sold

9. How to conjugate verbs First: why do we conjugate? Verbs conjugate in order to show who is doing the action, how many people are doing the action, and when it’s happening We’re only going to work with the present tense for now

10. How to conjugate verbs The first thing that you need are principle parts Like: amō, amāre, amavī, amatus Then you need some endings SingularPlural 1 st Personomus 2 nd Personstis 3 rd Persontnt

11. How to conjugate verbs The first principle part always goes in the first box To form the others –Go to the 2 nd principle part (amare) –Cut off the “re” at the end –What’s left is called the stem (ama) –Add the endings for the chart –Sing the verb song

12. How to conjugate verbs So amō, amāre, amavī, amatus looks like this: SingularPlural 1 st Personamoamamus 2 nd Personamasamatis 3 rd Personamatamant

13. How to translate verbs The present tense has three possible translations in English; –amō may be: I love, I am loving, or I do love –amas may be:you love, you are loving, you do love –amat may be:he/she/it loves, h/s/i is loving, h/s/i does love –amamus may be: we love, we are loving, we do love –amatis may be: you love, you are loving, you do love (y’all in TX) –amant may be: they love, they are loving, they do love

14. Let’s try with habeo habeō, habēre, habuī, habitus SingularPlural 1 st Personhabeōhabemus 2 nd Personhabeshabetis 3 rd Personhabethabent

15. Let’s try with porto portō, portāre, portāvī, portatus SingularPlural 1 st Personportōportamus 2 nd Personportasportatis 3 rd Personportatportant

16. Let’s try with rideo rīdeo, rīdēre, rīsī, rīsus SingularPlural 1 st Personrideōridemus 2 nd Personridesridetis 3 rd Personridetrident

17. Let’s try with clamo clāmō, clāmāre, clāmavī, clāmatus SingularPlural 1 st Personclamōclamamus 2 nd Personclamasclamatis 3 rd Personclamatclamant

18. Let’s try with video videō, vidēre, vīdī, vīsus SingularPlural 1 st Personvideōvidemus 2 nd Personvidesvidetis 3 rd Personvidetvident

19. Let’s try with sedeo sedeō, sedēre, sēdī, sessus SingularPlural 1 st Personsedeōsedemus 2 nd Personsedessedetis 3 rd Personsedetsedent