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 loved

I loved

He loved

You loved

We loved

They loved

Imperfect Active

Ama

Ama

Ama

Ama

Ama

Ama

ba

ba

ba

ba

ba

ba

r

ris

tur

mur

mini

ntur

I was loved

You were loved

He was loved

We were loved

You were loved

They were 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

next

Portare is the ______________ principal part of the word.

a. First

b. Second

c. Third

d. Fourth

next

Portavisti can be translated _____________

a. You have carried

b. You were carried

c. You are carrying

d. You will carry

next

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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