Latin/Future Tense Lesson 1

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Today we continue exploring verb tenses with the Future Tense. The Present, Imperfect, and Future tenses together are known as the “Present system” because they all use the “present stem” which is formed from the 1st principal part. Studying these three tenses together is good because it’s easier to learn the endings and rules with this kind of systematic approach, it saves effort because these rules apply to most verbs, and we believe it helps long-term memory. And we’ll share a silly song that may help later on.

New Grammar
For all conjugations, the “present stem” is the 1st principal part, minus the -ō on the end. Exemplī grātiā: voc-, mon-, mitt- or capi-, audi-

To form the future tense:

(This first lesson will feature only 1st and 2nd conjugation verbs, and one irregular verb)

The irregular verb sum has its unique conjugation in future tense:

Now for the silly song, as promised, which gives you paradigms for all three tenses of the present system: (to the tune of Three Blind Mice) -o, -s, -t, -mus, -tis, -nt -bam, -bas, -bat, -bamus, -batis, -bant -bo, -bis, -bit, -bimus, -bitis, -bunt; or -am, -es, -et, -emus, -etis, ent These are the endings for Present System, Active Voice (Use the 1st principal part)

Practice
More future tense, including those 3rd and 4th conjugation verbs that have different endings, next time. Grātiās vōbīs agō et habēte bonam fortūnam!