Chapter 23 – Notes
Ecce Romani
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:
Singular
Plural
1
2
3
1
2
3
1st and 2nd
Conjugations
-bo
-bis
-bit
-bimus
-bitis
-bunt
3rd and 4th
Conjugations
-am
-es
-et
-emus
-etis
-ent
C. Learn the following chart for the future tense of REGULAR verbs:
1st
Conjugation
Infinitive
sing.
pl.
2nd
Conjugation
3rd
Conjugation
(-io)
4th
Conjugation
parare
habēre
mittere
iacere
audire
1
parabo
habebo
mittam
iaciam
audiam
2
parabis
habebis
mittes
iacies
audies
3
parabit
habebit
mittet
iaciet
audiet
1
parabimus
habebimus
mittemus iaciemus
audiemus
2
parabitis
habebitis
mittetis
iacietis
audietis
3
parabunt
habebunt
mittent
iacient
audient
Chapter 23 Notes (continued)
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D. Learn the following chart for the future tense of IRREGULAR verbs:
Plural
Singular
Infinitive
1
2
3
1
2
3
esse
ero
eris
erit
erimus
eritis
erunt
posse
potero
poteris
poterit
poterimus
poteritis
poterunt
velle
volam
voles
volet
volemus
voletis
volent
nolle
nolam
noles
nolet
nolemus
noletis
nolent
ire
ibo
ibis
ibit
ibimus
ibitis
ibunt
ferre
feram
feres
feret
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_____________________