Grammar: Present Active Indicative
The chart below shows the present active indicative endings for verbs
in conjugations I, II and IV. The sample verbs used are rogo, video and
scio.
| SINGULAR |
I: "a" vowel |
II: "e" vowel |
IV: "i" vowel |
personal endings |
| 1st |
rogo |
video |
scio |
- o |
| 2nd |
rogas |
vides |
scis |
- s |
| 3rd |
rogat |
videt |
scit |
- t |
| PLURAL |
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| 1st |
rogamus |
videmus |
scimus |
- mus |
| 2nd |
rogatis |
videtis |
scitis |
- tis |
| 3rd |
rogant |
vident |
sciunt |
- nt / unt |
This chart shows the two types of conjugation II verbs: those with a
first person singular form in -o and those with a first person singular
form in -io. Verbs that have a first person singular in -io have -iunt
in the third person plural.
| SINGULAR |
III conjugation
-o verbs |
III conjugation
-io verbs |
personal endings |
| 1st |
ago |
facio |
- o |
| 2nd |
agis |
facis |
- s |
| 3rd |
agit |
facit |
- t |
| PLURAL |
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| 1st |
agimus |
facimus |
- mus |
| 2nd |
agitis |
facitis |
- tis |
| 3rd |
agunt |
faciunt |
- unt |
Notice that the personal endings are the same for all conjugations; the
difference is in the theme vowels preceding the personal endings.
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