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Chapter 8 Notes

Present Tense Verb Endings

PERSON SINGULAR PLURAL

1st Person ( I )sing. (WE)pl. o, m mus

2nd Person (YOU)sing. and pl. s tis

3rd Person (HE, SHE, IT)sing. (THEY) pl. t nt

Finding the Present Stem of a Verb

* you can find the present stem of a verb by changing the verb to it's infinitive form and then taking off the "re."

Example: Step1. (look at the word) Ambulo

Step 2. (add the "re") Ambulare

Step 3. (Take off the "re") Ambula

Step 4. AMBULA is the present stem of the verb Ambulo.

A:1st CONJUGATION

Sing. Plural

k1) ambulo - I walk, I am walking, I do walk

2) ambulas - YOU walk

3) ambulat - HE, SHE or IT walks

ambulamus - WE walk

Ambulatis - YOU (pl.) walk

Ambulant - THEY walk

ounderlined = verb endings k doesn't use the present stem

B: 2nd CONJUGATION sedeo- sedere

Sing. Plural

1) sedeo - I sit

2) sedes - YOU sit

3) sedet - HE, SHE, or IT sits

sedemus - WE sit

sedetis - you (pl.) sit

sedent- they sit

C: 3rd CONJUGATION: scribo - scribere E I

Sing. Plural

*1) scribo - I write

2) scribis - YOU write

3) sedet - HE, SHE, or IT writes

scibimus - WE write

scribitis - YOU (pl.) write

*scribunt - THEY write

*drops last e or I

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