Latin for Beginners

by Benjamin L. D'Ooge

Sing.	1. -r, I	Plur.	1. -mur, we
	2. -ris, -re, you		2. -minī, you
	3. -tur, he, she, it		3. -ntur, they

a. Observe that the letter -r appears somewhere in all but one of the endings. This is sometimes called the passive sign.

[165.] PARADIGMS

	amō, amāre	monēo, monēre
	Pres. Stem amā-	Pres. Stem monē-
	Present Indicative		PERSONAL ENDINGS
Sing.	a´mor, I am loved	mo´neor, I am advised	-or1
	amā´ris or amā´re, you are loved	monē´ris or monē´re, you are advised	-ris or -re
	amā´tur, he is loved	monē´tur, he is advised	-tur
Plur.	amā´mur, we are loved	monē´mur, we are advised	-mur
	amā´minī, you are loved	monē´minī, you are advised	-mini
	aman´tur, they are loved	monen´tur, they are advised	-ntur
	Imperfect Indicative(Tense Sign -bā-)
Sing.	amā´bar, I was being loved	monē´bar, I was being advised	-r
	amābā´ris or amābā´re, you were being loved	monēbā´ris or monēbā´re, you were being advised	-ris or -re
	amābā´tur, he was being loved	monēbā´tur, he was being advised	-tur
Plur.	amābā´mur, we were being loved	monēbā´mur, we were being advised	-mur
	amābā´minī, you were being loved	monēbā´minī, you were being advised	-minī
	amāban´tur, they were being loved	monēban´tur, they were being advised	-ntur
	Future(Tense Sign -bi-)
Sing.	amā´bor, I shall be loved	monē´bor, I shall be advised	-r
	amā´beris or amā´bere, you will be loved	monē´beris or monē´bere, you will be advised	-ris or -re
	amā´bitur, he will be loved	monē´bitur, he will be advised	-tur
Plur.	amā´bimur, we shall be loved	monē´bimur, we shall be advised	-mur
	amābi´minī, you will be loved	monēbi´minī, you will be advised	-minī
	amābun´tur, they will be loved	monēbun´tur, they will be advised	-ntur

1. In the present the personal ending of the first person singular is -or.

1. The tense sign and the personal endings are added as in the active.

2. In the future the tense sign -bi- appears as -bo- in the first person, -be- in the second, singular number, and as -bu- in the third person plural.

3. Inflect laudō, necō, portō, moveō, dēleō, iubeō, in the present, imperfect, and future indicative, active and passive.

[166.] Intransitive verbs, such as mātūrō, I hasten; habitō, I dwell, do not have a passive voice with a personal subject.

[167.] EXERCISES