Ecce Romani Chapter 23 - Notes

Latin I

A. Verbs: Learn these principal parts and meanings:

advenio, advenire, advēni, adventurus - to reach, arrive (at)

ago, agere, egi, actus - to do, drive

conduco, conducere, conduxi, conductus - to hire

consido, considere, consedi, ----- - to sit down

constituo, constituere, constitui, constitutus - to decide

curro, currere, cucurri, cursurus - to run

descendo, descendere, descendi, descensurus - to come down, go down, climb down

facio, facere, feci, factus - to make, do

fero, ferre, tuli, latus - to bring, carry

induo, induere, indui, indutus - to put on

maneo, manēre, mansi, mansurus - to remain, stay

quiesco, quiescere, quievi, quieturus - to rest, keep quiet

stupeo, stupēre, stupui, ----- - to be amazed, gape

B. Future Tense: The future tense uses the helping verbs "will" or "shall" in English.

Ex. He will carry. I shall carry.

In Latin, regular verbs use one of two different ways to make the future tense:

	1st and 2nd Conjugations	3rd and 4th Conjugations
1 Singular 2 3	-bo -bis -bit		-am -es -et
1 Plural 2 3	-bimus -bitis -bunt		-emus -etis -ent

C. Learn the following chart for the future tense of REGULAR verbs:

	1st Conjugation	2nd Conjugation	3rd Conjugation	4th Conjugation
Infinitive	parare	habēre	(-io) mittere iacere	audire
sing. 1 2 3	parabo parabis parabit	habebo habebis habebit	mittam iaciam mittes iacies mittet iaciet	audiam audies audiet
pl. 1 2 3	parabimus parabitis parabunt	habebimus habebitis habebunt	mittemus iaciemus mittetis iacietis mittent iacient	audiemus audietis audient

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D. Learn the following chart for the future tense of IRREGULAR verbs:

Infinitive		esse	posse	velle	nolle	ire	ferre
Singular	1 2 3	ero eris erit	potero poteris poterit	volam voles volet	nolam noles nolet	ibo ibis ibit	feram feres feret
Plural	1 2 3	erimus eritis erunt	poterimus poteritis poterunt	volemus voletis volent	nolemus noletis nolent	ibimus ibitis ibunt	feremus feretis ferent

Note: 1. eo (ire) uses the same endings as 1st and 2nd conjugation verbs.

2. volo (velle), nolo (nolle), and fero (ferre) use the same endings as 3rd and 4th conjugation verbs.

3. sum(esse) and possum (posse) have their own way of forming the future tense.

E. Examples of Future Tense: translate

1. sedebunt _____________________ 5. potero _____________________

2. parabit _____________________ 6. ibimus _____________________

3. audietis _____________________ 7. feret _____________________

4. ducemus _____________________ 8. volent _____________________