Latin/Verbs Present 2 Lesson 1

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It has been some time since the first series of Present Tense Verbs lessons. They introduce common verbs in their classified categories, known as conjugations. Here are links to those basic lessons:


 * 1) First Conjugation
 * 2) Second Conjugation
 * 3) Third Conjugation
 * 4) Fourth Conjugation

We strongly recommend reviewing these verbs we have already introduced, because it will make it easier to recognize the common patterns you will see in other verbs.

In this second series of lessons on present tense verbs, we will introduce high-frequency Latin verbs; some of them fit into one of the four conjugations but may have special rules for use, but many are irregular verbs with unique conjugations. You are already quite familiar with the most common irregular verb: the being verb, sum.

We’ve learned sciō = know; but when you talk about knowing people, a different verb is used, and the endings will look different because it’s in perfect tense, which uses the 3rd principal part, but still equivalent to the English present tense. Some of the irregular verbs this lesson are frequently used with infinitives, which we won’t study until later, so those sentences will be very short and basic -- but we did throw in a few sentences with infinitives if you want to see what they would be like.

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More verbs next time; thank you (vōbīs grātiās agō) for following Latin on Wikiversity. Bonam fortūnam!