verb conjugations

verb conjugations

present tense

translation: she walks / she is walking / she does walk

formation: drop -re + ending


3rd conjugation: short e -> i

i -> u before nt (3rd person pl)

4th conjugation: short e -> i

i -> iu before nt (3rd person pl)


singular

plural

1st

o/m

mus

2nd

s

tis

3rd

t

nt


imperfect tense

translation: was Xing, used to X, kept on Xing

formation: 


stem (infinitive minus -re) + ba + ending


3rd: remember ebam, ebas, ebat, etc

3rd io + 4th conjugation: e -> ie


singular

plural

1st

bam

bamus

2nd

bas

batis

3rd

bat

bant




future tense

translation: will X, shall X

formation: 

1st + 2nd: stem + bi + ending

bo (1st sing)

bunt (3rd pl)

3rd: stem + short e + ending

3rd io + 4th: stem + ie + ending


3rd, 3rd io, and 4th: e gets replaced by an a in 1st person sing


singular

plural

1st

bo

bimus

2nd

bis

bitis

3rd

bit

bunt


3rd conjugation

singular

plural

1st

am

emus

2nd

es

etis

3rd

et

ent


3rd io + 4th conjugation

singular

plural

1st

iam

iemus

2nd

ies

ietis

3rd

iet

ient




perfect tense


translation: has Xed, have Xed

formation: perfect stem (3rd principle part) + perfect ending 


singular

plural

1st

i

imus

2nd

isti

istis

3rd

it

erunt


pluperfect tense


translation: had Xed

formation: perfect stem + era + ending


singular

plural

1st

eram

eramus

2nd

eras

eratis

3rd

erat

erunt