General characteristics of the Latin conjugation

Latin conjugation is distributed in two voices: active and passive.

How to set out and how to determine the conjugations:

The statement of a verb consists, in that order, of the following forms:

• First person singular indicative present.
• Second person singular indicative present.
• Present infinitive.
• First person singular indicative perfect (praeteritum perfectum).
• Supine

To determine the conjugation of a verb it is enough to look to the characteristics of its statement match those highlighted in bold in the following models:

Here we will show you a system of analysis of verb forms which will let you recognize any word found in a text without having to memorize from the beginning all the features, exceptions, phonetic changes, etc.., which may occur in verb conjugation.

Personal verb tenses (with personal desinences) are distributed in two systems: present and perfect; and three modes: indicative, subjunctive and imperative.

The non-personal forms in Latin are:

• Verbal nouns: infinitive, gerund, supine.
• Verbal adjectives: participle and gerundive.

Personal desinences: