Finding the Present Stem

07.05 Third Conjugation, Present System
What Conjugation?
A conjugation is a way of ______into categories.
The Four Conjugations
There are four conjugations.
amoamareamaviamatus = ______conjugation
doceodoceredocuidoctus = ______conjugation
ago agereegiactus = ______conjugation
muniomuniremunivimunitus = ______conjugation
The key to determining the verb conjugation is knowing the ______.
For The first conjugation the first principal part ends in ______and the second principal ends in ______.
So the sign of the first conjugation is ______.
For The second conjugation the first principal part ends in ______and the second principal ends in ______.
So the sign of the second conjugation is ______.
For The third conjugation the first principal part ends in ______and the second principal ends in ______.
So the sign of the third conjugation is ______.
For The fourth conjugation the first principal part ends in ______and the second principal ends in ______.
So the sign of the fourth conjugation is ______

Present Tense

Finding the Present Stem

Find the ______principal part of the verb.

ducoducereduxiductus

The present stem is the second part -re.

ducere - re = ______

The first step in conjugating a verb is to identify the ______. The verb, duco, ducere, is ______conjugation because the first principal part ends in ”o” and the second principal parts ends in”ere.” The next step is to find the ______by going to the second principal part and removing the ______.

Present Active Tense

The present stem vowel "e" changes to ______.

Present stem = duce => duci

To form the present active in the third conjugation verb, take the verb stem, ______and change to ______.

Present Active Tense Endings

First Person / I lead.
I am leading.
I do lead. / We lead.
We are leading.
We do lead.
Second Person / You lead.
You are leading.
You do leading. / You lead.
You are leading.
You do lead.
Third Person / He leads.
He is leading.
He did lead. / They lead.
They are leading.
They do lead.

Nota Bene: There is no ______in the first person singularand the ______changes to u in thethird person plural.

Here is a little mnemonic device to help you remember the vowels in the present tense of a third conjugation verb.

______a present

A good way to remember the third conjugation vowels is this little mnemonic.

• ______is a stem vowel.
• ______and______, all found in the third conjugation vowels present tense.

Imperfect Active

We first need the ______of the verb. We go to the second principal part and subtract the -re from ducere and we get duce. Then we add our imperfect tense suffix ______then to that we add our present endings, which would be -m, -s, -t , -mus, -tis, -nt.

Latin / English
I led.
You led.
He led.
We led.
You led.
They led.

Future Tense

The endings for the third conjugation future tense are the following:

Person / Singular / Plural
First
Second
Third

Remember, the singular of the future tense in the third conjugation is generally ______ although in the first person singular you'll see the stem vowel ______ as in ducam.

Third Conjugation Imperatives

Third Conjugation Imperatives
(always ______person)
Third Conjugation Verb / Singular Imperative
(you sing.) / Plural Imperative
(you pl.)
gero, gerere, gessi, gestus
vinco, vincere, vici, victus
pono, ponere, posui, positus
duco, ducere, duxi, ductus
dico, dicere, dixi, dictus
facio, facere, feci, factus