Essay About Present Stem Of A Verb And Verb Endings K

Latin Endings
Latin Endings
Chapter 8 Notes
Present Tense Verb Endings
PERSON
SINGULAR
PLURAL
1st Person ( I )sing. (WE)pl.
2nd Person (YOU)sing. and pl.
3rd Person (HE, SHE, IT)sing. (THEY) pl.
Finding the Present Stem of a Verb
* you can find the present stem of a verb by changing the verb to its infinitive form and then taking off the “re.”
Example:
Step1. (look at the word) Ambulo
Step 2. (add the “re”) Ambulare
Step 3. (Take off the “re”) Ambula
Step 4. AMBULA is the present stem of the verb Ambulo.
A:1st CONJUGATION
Sing.
Plural
k1) ambulo – I walk, I am walking, I do walk
2) ambulas – YOU walk
3) ambulat – HE, SHE or IT walks
ambulamus – WE walk
Ambulatis – YOU (pl.) walk
Ambulant – THEY walk
ounderlined = verb endings
k doesnt use the present stem
B: 2nd CONJUGATION
sedeo- sedere
Sing.
Plural
1) sedeo – I sit
2) sedes – YOU sit
3) sedet – HE, SHE, or IT sits
sedemus – WE sit
sedetis – you (pl.) sit
sedent- they sit
C: 3rd CONJUGATION: scribo – scribere
Sing.
Plural
*1) scribo – I write
2) scribis – YOU write
3) sedet – HE, SHE, or IT writes
scibimus – WE write
scribitis – YOU (pl.) write
*scribunt – THEY write
*drops last e or I