Latin Phrase of the Week
Nota Bene (N.B)
Note Well
Quiz
1. Give English for Senatus
Populusque Romanus.
2. Give English for Exempli
Gratis: e.g.
3. Give English for
E Pluribus Unum
4. Give English for
Id Est.
4. Give English for “Anno
Domini.”
Chapter 2
1st and 2nd conjugation verbs
Principal Parts: Dictionary Entry
Properties of Verbs: Number, Person, Tense, Voice and Mood
Infinitive
Subject/Verb Agreement
Properties of Verbs:
Person, Number, Tense, Voice and Mood
Person:
Latin verbs may be in the first, second, or third person. The
person represents the identity of the subject.
1st person: I or We
2nd person: you or you all
3rd person: he/she/it or they
Identify person of the underlined verbs.
She loves the farmer.
They never want to see him again.
Jane doesn’t like ice cream.
You never like pizza.
We love pizza.
Number
Latin verbs are either singular or plural in
number depending on the number of the
subject noun.
• I love.
• The girls love their dresses.
• They love to watch the ocean.
• Sam loves Latin.
Tense
A verb indicates the time when the action
occurs.
• Present: I am learning Latin.
• Future: I will not see you tomorrow.
• Perfect: I saw you with your friends.
• Imperfect
• Pluperfect
• Future perfect
Voice
Active voice and Passive voice
Active Voice: expresses what the subject of the
verb does.
The farmer loves the girl.
Passive Voice: expresses what is done to the
subject of the verb.
The girl is loved by the farmer.
Practice:
• I love Latin.
• My students are loved by me.
Mood
A group of verb-forms which represent a verbal
activity as being real, desired, or hypothetical.
Indicative: makes a statement about a fact, or
about something which will be a fact in the
future.
I love.
If he comes, he will see.
Imperative: expresses the will of the speaker as
a command.
Stand up!
Students, read and translate!
Subjunctive: represents a verbal activity as will,
desired, or conditional.
• Let us love our country!
• May you be happy!
• If one were there, one would see them
leaving.
Identify person, number, tense, and
voice of the underline verbs.
e.g 1: We love Latin.
Person: first person (we)
Number: Plural (we)
Tense: present (love)
Voice: Active voice (the subject “we” does the action)
e.g 2: Latin is loved by us.
Person: third (Latin=it)
Number: singular (Latin)
Tense: present (is loved)
Voice: Passive voice (Action “love” is done to the subject
“Latin”)
Identify person, number, tense, and
voice of the underlined verb.
1. Caesar wished to become a consul.
2. Jack and Jane will visit us next week.
3. We begin to be troublesome to you.
4. She is loved by her family.
5. Latin will be taught by Jane.
6. Latin was studied by all educators.
7. They love ice cream.
8. You said it was cool.
9. I love Latin.
10. You all will love Latin.
Conjugation
• Verbs that share the same endings.
4 conjugations in Latin.
1st conjugation: amo, amare, amavi, amatus to love
2nd conjugation: teneo, tenēre, tenui, tentus to hold
3rd conjugation: pono, ponĕre, posui, positus to place
4th conjugation: audio, audire, audivi, auditus to hear
*** You recognize a verb’s conjugation from the second
principal part.
Dictionary Entry
Amo,
↓
amare,
↓
amavi,
↓
amatus to love
↓ ↓
1st principal
Part
↓
1st person
Singular
Present tense
↓
I love
2nd principal
3rd principal
4th principal
part
part
part
↓
↓
↓
infinitive
1st person participle
singular
Past tense
↓
↓
to love
I loved
def
↓
Determine the conjugation of each
verb and translate each principal part.
e.g. :
Habeo,
habēre,
habui, habitus to have
↓
↓
↓
↓
I have to have
I had
Conjugation: 2nd conjugation
1. Accipio, accipĕre, accepi, acceptus
to receive
2. Ambulo, ambulare, ambulavi, ambulatus to walk
3. Invenio, invenire, inveni, inventus
to find
4. Paro, parare, paravi, paratum
to prepare
5. Video, vidēre, vidi, visum
to see
Conjugate
amo, amare, amavi, amatus to love
2PP-re+endings
Singular
Definition
Plural
Definitio
1st person
Amo
I love
Amamus
We love
2nd person
Amas
You love
Amatis
You all love
3rd person
Amat
He/she/it loves
Amant
They love
The Infinitive
• In English, an infinitive is a verb form preceded by the
word “to”. (to go, to see, etc)
• In Latin, an infinitive is the verb form that ends with
the letters –re (2nd principal part).
Amo, amare, amavi, amatus to love
↓
to love
**** the infinitive does not show person or number.
Ambulo, ambulare, ambulavi, ambulatus to walk
Exspecto, exspectare, exspectavi, exspectatus to wait for
Narro, narrare, narravi, narratus to tell
Subject and Verb Agreement
• The verb agrees in number with the subject. If
the subject of a sentence is singular, the verb
is singular. If the subject of a sentence is
plural, the verb must be plrual.
Subject and Verb Agreement: They
have to agree in person and number.
Sin
Def
Plu
Def
1st
-o
I
-mus
We
2nd
-s
You
-tis
You all
3rd
-t
He/she/it
-nt
they
e.g:
The girl
carries
↓
↓
subject
verb
↓
↓
Puella
(Portare)
↓
Person/#
3rd person/singular
portat
water.
↓
direct object
↓
aquam.
Carry: (porto, portare, -vi, -tus)
Puella portat aquam.
Practice
Amo, amare, amavi, amatus to love
Sin
Def
Plu
Def
1st
-o
I
-mus
We
2nd
-s
You
-tis
You all
3rd
-t
He/she/ -nt
it
they
1. We love water.
Aquam ama______.
2. You all love water.
Aquam ama_______.
3. Anna and Rosa love water.
Anna et Rosa aquam
ama_____.
4. Tina loves water.
Tina aquam ama_________.
5. I love water.
Aquam am_____.
Practice
Sin
Def
Plu
Def
1st
-O
I
-Mus
We
2nd
-S
You
-tis
You all
3rd
-T
He/she/ -nt
it
they
6. The farmers carry water.
Agricolae aquam porta__.
7. The she-wolf is walking
in the forest.
Lupa in silva ambula___.
8. I am telling a story.
Fabulam narr____.
9. We live in the forest.
In silva habita_____.
10. They call us.
Nos voca____.