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Learning the Latin Verbs is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you master it the more you get closer to mastering the Latin language. But first we need to know what the role of Verbs is in the structure of the grammar in Latin.
Latin verbs are words that convey action (bring, read, walk, run), or a state of being (exist, stand). In most languages a verb may agree with the person, gender, and/or number of some of its arguments, such as its subject, or object.
Example:
Ego laudo,
tū laudas, is (ea, id) laudat, nōs
laudamus, vōs laudatīs, eī (eae, ea)
laudant.
These
endings can help you a lot, because with them you can conjugate most of
verbs into the present tense, you only need the stem of
the verb, for example the stem of (laudare: to praise) is (lauda).
Example:
Ego laudābam, tū
laudabās, is (ea, id) laudābat, nōs
laudābāmus, vōs laudābātīs, eī
(eae, ea) laudābant.
So
just take any regular verb stem and add it to the endings above,
for example our previous verb laudare (to praise), its stem is “laudā”,
plus the endings above becomes ego laudābam (I was praising).
Example:
Ego laudābō, tū
laudabis, is (ea, id) laudābit, nōs
laudābimus, vōs laudābitis, eī
(eae, ea) laudābunt.
Note: there are five conjugations of verb types in Latin: first, second, third, third (-īo) stems, and fourth.
Here are some examples:
| English Verbs | Latin Verbs |
|---|---|
| Verbs | verba |
| Past | tempus praeteritum |
| I spoke | locutus sum |
| I wrote | scripsi |
| I drove | duxi |
| I loved | amavi |
| I gave | dedi |
| I smiled | risi |
| I took | Cepi |
| he spoke | locutus est |
| he wrote | scripsit |
| he drove | duxit |
| he loved | amavit |
| he gave | dedit |
| he smiled | risit |
| he took | cepit |
| we spoke | locuti sumus |
| we wrote | scripsimus |
| we drove | duximus |
| we loved | amavimus |
| we gave | dedimus |
| we smiled | risimus |
| we took | cepimus |
| Future | tempus futurum |
| I will speak | loquar |
| I will write | scribam |
| I will drive | ducam |
| I will love | amabo |
| I will give | dabo |
| I will smile | ridebo |
| I will take | |
| he will speak | loquetur |
| he will write | scribet |
| he will drive | ducet |
| he will love | amabit |
| he will give | dabit |
| he will smile | ridebit |
| he will take | capiet |
| we will speak | loquemur |
| we will write | scribemus |
| we will drive | ducemus |
| we will love | amabimus |
| we will give | dabimus |
| we will smile | ridebimus |
| we will take | capiemus |
| Present | tempus presens |
| I speak | loquor |
| I write | scribo |
| I drive | duco |
| I love | amo |
| I give | do |
| I smile | rideo |
| I take | Capio |
| he speaks | loquitur |
| he writes | scribit |
| he drives | ducit |
| he loves | amat |
| he gives | dat |
| he smiles | ridet |
| he takes | capit |
| we speak | locuti sum |
| we write | scribimus |
| we drive | ducimus |
| we love | amamus |
| we give | damus |
| we smile | ridemus |
| we take | capimus |
Notice the structure of the Verbs in Latin.
Below is a list of the conjugated Verbs in the present past and future in Latin placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Latin vocabulary.
| English Verbs | Latin Verbs |
|---|---|
| I can accept that | possum recipere illud |
| she added it | illa addidit id |
| we admit it | nos admittimus |
| they advised him | monuerunt eum |
| I can agree with that | possum congruere cum illud |
| she allows it | illa permittit id |
| we announce it | nuntiamus id |
| I can apologize | possum excusare |
| she appears today | illa procedit hodie |
| they arranged that | constituerunt illud |
| I can arrive tomorrow | possum supervenire cras |
| she can ask him | illa potest quaerere eum |
| she attaches that | illa suggerit illud |
| we attack them | committimus proelium cum illis |
| they avoid her | evitant illam |
| I can bake it | possum coquere id |
| she is like him | illa est similis illius |
| we beat it | pellimus id |
| they became happy | illi facti sunt laeti |
| I can begin that | possum incipere illud |
| we borrowed money | mutuati sumus pecunias |
| they breathe air | ducunt aera spiritu |
| I can bring it | possum addere id |
| I can build that | possum aedificare illud |
| she buys food | illa emit cibaria |
| we calculate it | computamus id |
| they carry it | portant id |
| they don't cheat | non perturbant |
| she chooses him | illa eligit eum |
| we close it | claudimus id |
| he comes here | advenit huc |
| I can compare that | possum comparare illud |
| she competes with me | illa contendit cum me |
| we complain about it | quaerimur cum eo |
| they continued reading | perseveraverunt legere |
| he cried about that | flevit de illo |
| I can decide now | possum deliberare nunc |
| she described it to me | illa descripsit id mihi |
| we disagree about it | discrepamus de eo |
| they disappeared quickly | evanuerunt velociter |
| I discovered that | revelavi id |
| she dislikes that | illi displicet illud |
| we do it | facimus id |
| they dream about it | somniant de eo |
| I earned | lucratus sum |
| he eats a lot | plurimi cibi est |
| we enjoyed that | gavisi sumus illo |
| they entered here | penetraverunt huc |
| he escaped that | transfugit ad illud |
| I can explain that | possum explicare illud |
| she feels that too | illa sentit illud quoque |
| we fled from there | fugimus inde |
| they will fly tomorrow | volabunt cras |
| I can follow you | possum sequi te / vos |
| she forgot me | illa oblita est mei |
| we forgive him | indulgemus eum |
| I can give her that | possum dare illud illi |
| she goes there | illa it illuc |
| we greeted them | salutavimus eos |
| I hate that | odi illud |
| I can hear it | possum audire id |
| she imagine that | illa fingit mente illud |
| we invited them | invitavimus eos |
| I know him | agnosco eum |
| she learned it | illa didicit id |
| we leave now | imus nunc |
| they lied about him | mentiti sunt in eo |
| I can listen to that | possum audire id |
| she lost that | illa orbata est illo |
| we made it yesterday | fecimus id heri |
| they met him | occurrerunt in eum |
| I misspell that | scripsi mendose illud |
| I always pray | precor semper |
| she prefers that | illa anteponit illud |
| we protected them | proteximus eos |
| they will punish her | punient eam |
| I can put it there | possum ponere id ibi |
| she will read it | illa leget id |
| we received that | accepimus illud |
| they refuse to talk | nolunt loqui |
| I remember that | memini illud |
| she repeats that | illa iterum facit illud |
| we see it | videmus id |
| they sell it | vendunt id |
| I sent that yesterday | misi illud heri |
| he shaved his beard | rasit suam barbam |
| it shrunk quickly | coiit rapide |
| we will sing it | canemus id |
| they sat there | sederunt illic |
| I can speak it | possum loqui |
| she spends money | illa expendit pecunias |
| we suffered from that | laboravimus ex illo |
| they suggest that | suadent illud |
| I surprised him | affeci admiratione eum |
| she took that | illa cepit illud |
| we teach it | docemus id |
| they told us | narraverunt nobis |
| she thanked him | illa egit gratias ei |
| I can think about it | possum cogitare de eo |
| she threw it | illa iecit id |
| we understand that | cognoscimus illud |
| they want that | volunt illud |
| I can wear it | possum induere id |
| she writes that | illa scribit illud |
| we talk about it | loquimur de eo |
| they have it | habent id |
| I watched it | vigilavi id |
| I will talk about it | loquar de eo |
| he bought that yesterday | emit illud heri |
| we finished it | fecimus id |
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