Latin/Verbs Present 3 Lesson 1

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More on the present tense
This lesson begins our third series on Latin verbs in the present tense. You may want to review these eight lessons in the two previous series; we particularly recommend the first four lessons that lay out the four basic conjugation forms:

In this third cycle of verbs we will continue introducing high-frequency verbs, including irregular verbs and verbs with special usage, and even some deponent verbs. As always, if you would just like to look at sentences and not worry about grammar, skip to the “new sentences” portion of the lesson, but I’ll include some grammar explanations before then in most lessons for those who want them.

In a previous lesson we learned volō = wish, want; we’ll learn its variants, nōlō (am unwilling, do not want) and mālō (want more, prefer). Like volō, they are frequently used with infinitive forms of verbs, which will be introduced more formally soon. You’ll need to know the conjugation:
 * volō, vīs, vult, volumus, vultis, volunt

for these new variants to make sense; in present tense:


 * nōlō, nōn vīs, nōn vult, nōlumus, nōn vultis, nōlunt
 * mālō, māvis, māvult, mālumus, māvultis, mālunt

The verb fīō is a special case; it is actually a passive voice form for the verb
 * faciō, facere, fēcī, factus = make, do.

It has its own conjugation in present tense and doesn’t look like other passive voice verbs:


 * fīō, fīs, fit, fīmus, fītis, fīunt

Practice
Thank you for following along with these lessons. If you found this week’s verbs difficult, next week we’ll try to cover some fairly simple verbs that just haven’t been introduced yet. Valēte et bonam fortūnam!