Word of the Day Posted by kunthra on Sep 7, 2009
It’s time for some Latin vocabulary! Have you checked out the Word of the Day yet? It’s a great tool for you to master and acquire Latin vocabulary! All these words will be in the Word of the Day. See if you know some of these words in Latin: a) desire, longing, passion b) fire c)…
Second Conjugations Continued Posted by kunthra on Sep 4, 2009
This will be the last installment of the second conjugations in the indicative present tense. This time, the verbs will be in the perfect tense with the suffix -i and no perfect passive participle. fervēre = to boil to seethe In the indicative: ferveō fervēs fervet fervēmus fervētis fervent In the passive: ferveor fervēris fervētur…
Second Conjugation Suffix -ī and Vowel Lengthening Posted by kunthra on Sep 1, 2009
Today’s post is still about the second conjugation, this time with Latin verbs that have the suffix -ī and vowel lengthening in the perfect tense. vidēre = to see, to notice In the active form: videō vidēs videt vidēmus vidētis vident In the passive form: videor vidēris vidētur vidēmur vidēminī videntur
Second Conjugation With Reduplicated ī Posted by kunthra on Aug 29, 2009
Today’s verb will be a second conjugation with a reduplicated ī in the perfect tense. First we’ll look at the active present indicative of the verb. spondēre = to promise, to vow spondeō spondēs spondet spondēmus spondētis spondent Next is the present passive indicative. spondeor spondēris spondētur spondēmur spondēminī spondēntur
Second Conjugation Suffix -sī and -xī Posted by kunthra on Aug 26, 2009
Today, we’ll look at the second conjugation of Latin verbs that have the sī and xī in the suffix of the perfect tense. In particular, let’s look at the verb augēre (to increase, inlarge). First, the active: augeō augēs auget augēmus augētis augent Now the passive form: augeor augēris augētur augēmur augēminī augentur
Second Conjugation Posted by kunthra on Aug 23, 2009
Here are the second conjugation verbs that end in vī in the in the perfect tense. The verb below will be the present tense active endings in the singular and plural. dēlēre = to destroy dēleō dēlēs dēlet dēlēmus dēlētis dēlent And now in the passive present endings: dēleor dēlēris dēlētur dēlēmur dēlēmini dēlentur
Second Conjugation in the Passive Posted by kunthra on Aug 20, 2009
These verbs have the suffix ūi in the perfect tense of the second conjugation. Verbs that belong in this category are considered regular. We looked at these verbs in the active tense, now we’ll look at these verbs in the passive. Tenēre : to hold, to keep teneor tenēris tenētur tenētur tenēmur tenēminī tenentur terrēre…