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)

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

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

3rd conjugation

3rd io + 4th conjugation

perfect tense

translation: has Xed, have Xed

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

pluperfect tense

translation: had Xed

formation: perfect stem + era + ending