VERBS

in English

The Conjugation of Verbs

This word “CONJUGATION” will be very important

to your Latin studies….

So what is a conjugation?

What does “conjugate” mean?

The Conjugation of Verbs

“ To Conjugate”

“To Conjugate”

… basically means:

to Join Together….

“A Conjugation”… is an entire SET of verb forms that work together as a whole.

From Latin, the word “Conjugation”

Means to “Yoke Together”

Like a farmer’s yoke connects two cows or oxen together…

This is what a “Conjugation” is…

ALL of a verb’s forms

JOINED TOGETHER

Take a second …

AND BRAINSTORM…

How many forms the verb “TO BE” has….

Conjugation of: “TO BE”

amare

is

will have been

waswere

will be

has been is going to be

had been

being

Remember, though, that a Conjugation’s job is to.…

Joinall

thoseforms

together…

So how do you join them alltogether???

Do you remember what words ALWAYS connect

with verbs?

. . . .

Hint: They always have to “Agree”

. . . .

So… what words ALWAYS connect with

Verbs?

REMEMBER: Subjects ALWAYS agree with

verbsAnd they therefore always give verbs

their FORMS…

She is

They are

Let’s go back to the verb “TO

BE…”

If we want to conjugate “TO BE”.…

Then we have to “join together”

all of its forms

And we can do so using all of its possible SUBJECTS …

Conjugation of the Verb “To Be”

Build the verb forms by looking at their Subjects…

TO BE

I am

You

are

S/He is

We

are

You all

are

They

are

Here are a couple more verbs to try.

Remember to use the present tense!

to watch

I watch We watch

You watch You (pl) watch

He/She watches They watch

to work

I work We work

You work You (pl) work

He/She works They work

The Conjugation of Verbs