Conjugating a First Conjugation Verb
amo amare amavi amatus
All About Verbs
Each verb has 4 principal parts
First Person Singular Present Active
I love
Present active InfinitiveTo love
First Person Singular
Perfect ActiveI have loved
Perfect Passive Participle
Having been loved
amo amare amavi amatus
Finding the Present Stem
amare amavi amatusamo
The present stem is the second principal part – re.
amare - re = ama
Find the second principal part of the verb.
Present Active Tense
The present active tense = Present Stem + Present Active Endings
First Person
Second Person
Third Person
o
s
t
I
you
he, she,it
Singular Plural
nt
tis
mus we
you
they
Present Active Endings
First Person
Second
Person
Third Person
Am o
Ama s
Ama t
Ama
Ama
Ama
mus
tis
nt
I loveI am lovingI do love
You loveYou are lovingYou do love
He lovesHe is lovingHe does love
We loveWe are lovingWe do love
You loveYou are lovingYou do love
They loveThey are lovingThey do love
Present Active
Present Passive Tense
The present passive tense = Present Stem + Present Passive Endings
First Person
Second Person
Third Person
or
ris
tur
I
you
he, she,it
Singular Plural
ntur
mini
mur we
you
they
Present Passive Endings
First Person
Second
Person
Third Person
Am or
Ama ris
Ama tur
Ama
Ama
Ama
mur
mini
ntur
I am loved
You are loved
He is loved
We are loved
You are loved
They are loved
Present Passive
Imperfect Tense
Present Stem + BA + Present Endings
Ama
Ama
Ama
Ama
Ama
Ama
ba
ba
mus
ba
ba
ba
ba
s
m
t
tis
nt
You were loving
I was loving
He was loving
You were loving
We were loving
They were loving
Imperfect Active
Ama
Ama
Ama
Ama
Ama
Ama
ba
ba
ba
ba
ba
ba
r
ris
tur
mur
mini
ntur
I was being loved
You were being loved
He was being loved
We were being loved
You were being loved
They were being loved
Imperfect Passive
Future Tense
Present Stem + Bi + Present Endings
Ama
Ama
Ama
Ama
Ama
Ama
b
bi
mus
bi
bi
bi
bu
s
o
t
tis
nt
You will love
I will love
He will love
You will love
We will love
They will love
Future Active
Ama
Ama
Ama
Ama
Ama
Ama
bo
be
bi
bi
bi
bu
r
ris
tur
mur
mini
ntur
I will be loved
You will be loved
He will be loved
We will be loved
You will be loved
They will be loved
Future Passive
Finding the Perfect Stem
amaviamare amatusamo
The perfect stem is the third principal part – i.
amavi - i = amav
Find the third principal part of the verb.
Perfect Active Tense
The Perfect Active Tense = Perfect Stem + Perfect Active Endings
First Person
Second Person
Third Person
i
isti
it
I
you
he, she,it
Singular Plural
erunt
istis
imus we
you
they
Perfect Active Endings
First Person
Second
Person
Third Person
Amav i
Amav
Amavit
Amav
Amav
Amav
imus
istis
erunt
I lovedI have lovedI did love
You lovedYou have lovedYou did love
He lovedHe has lovedHe did love
We lovedWe have lovedWe did love
They lovedThey have lovedThey did love
Perfect Active
You lovedYou have lovedYou did loveisti
Pluperfect Active Tense
Perfect Stem + era + Present Endings
Amav
Amav
Amav
Amav
Amav
Amav
era
era
mus
era
era
era
era
s
m
t
tis
nt
You had loved
I had loved
He had loved
You had loved
We had loved
They had loved
Pluperfect Active
Future Perfect Active Tense
Perfect Stem + eri + Present Endings
Amav
Amav
Amav
Amav
Amav
Amav
er
eri
mus
eri
eri
eri
eri
s
o
t
tis
nt
You will have loved
I will have loved
He will have loved
You will have loved
We will have loved
They will have loved
Future Perfect Active
Perfect Passive System
1. Uses the fourth principal part which is called the perfect passive participle (PPP).
amo, amare, amavi, amatus. -a. -um
2. The perfect passive participle (PPP) is a verbal adjective and must agree with the subject of the sentence.
If the subject is puella (feminine singular), the PPP will be amata. If the subject is puellae (feminine plural), the PPP will be amatae. If the subject is vir (masculine singular), the PPP will be amatus. If the subject is viri (masculine plural), the PPP will be amati. If the subject is oppidum (neuter singular), the PPP will be amatum. If the subject is oppida (neuter plural), the PPP will be amata.
Perfect Passive Tense
PPP + Present Tense of Sum
Amatus – a - um
Amatus – a - um
Amatus –a -um
Amati –ae -a
Amati –ae –a
Amati – ae -a
sum
es
est
sumus
estis
sunt
You have been loved
I have been loved
He has been loved
You have been loved
We have been loved
They have been loved
Perfect Passive
Pluperfect Passive Tense
PPP + imperfect Tense of Sum
Amatus – a - um
Amatus – a - um
Amatus –a -um
Amati –ae -a
Amati –ae –a
Amati – ae -a
eram
eras
erat
eramus
eratis
erant
You had been loved
I had been loved
He had been loved
You had been loved
We had been loved
They had been loved
Pluperfect Passive
Future Perfect Passive Tense
PPP + Future Tense of Sum
Amatus – a - um
Amatus – a - um
Amatus –a -um
Amati –ae -a
Amati –ae –a
Amati – ae -a
ero
eris
erit
erimus
eritis
erunt
You will have been loved
I will have been loved
He will have been loved
You will have been loved
We will have been loved
They will have been loved
Future Perfect Passive Tense
The ______________ tense does not use the present stem.
a. Future
b. Past Perfect
c. Imperfect
d. Present
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Portare is the ______________ principal part of the word.
a. First
b. Second
c. Third
d. Fourth
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Portavisti can be translated _____________
a. You have carried
b. You were carried
c. You are carrying
d. You will carry
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Donata est can be translated _____________
a. She had been given
b. She is given
c. She has been given
d. She will have been given
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