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Grammar: Present Passive Indicative

The chart below shows the present passive indicative endings for verbs in conjugations I, II and IV. The sample verbs used are deponent verbs (passive forms but active meaning).

SINGULAR I: "a" vowel II: "e" vowel IV: "i" vowel personal endings
1st miror confiteor orior - or
2nd miraris or mirare confiteris or confitere oriris or orire - ris / re
3rd miratur confitetur oritur - tur
PLURAL        
1st miramur confitemur orimur - mur
2nd miramini confitemini orimini - mini
3rd mirantur confitentur oriuntur - ntur / untur

This chart shows the two types of conjugation II verbs: those with a first person singular form in -or and those with a first person singular form in -ior. Verbs that have a first person singular in -ior have -iuntur in the third person plural.

SINGULAR III conjugation
-o verbs		 III conjugation
-io verbs		 personal endings
1st sequor morior - or
2nd sequeris or sequere moreris or morere - ris / re
3rd sequitur moritur - tur
PLURAL      
1st sequimur morimur - mur
2nd sequimini morimini - mini
3rd sequuntur moriuntur - untur

Notice that the personal endings are the same for all conjugations; the difference is in the theme vowels preceding the personal endings.
Modern Languages 4970 / MRS 4903: Medieval Latin. Spring 2003 Online Course at the University of Oklahoma. Visit http://www.ou.edu/online/ for more info.
Laura Gibbs, University of Oklahoma - Information Technology © 2003.  laura-gibbs@ou.edu. Last updated: December 29, 2002 7:12 PM