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The Personal Endings

The Personal Endings. Deciphering Verbs. Verb endings. The ending on a verb tells us Who did it! and When they did it! As in English they have person and number… 1 st , 2 nd and 3 rd personals Number…singular and plural. Personal Endings. Tells us WHO

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The Personal Endings

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  1. The Personal Endings Deciphering Verbs

  2. Verb endings • The ending on a verb tells us • Who did it! • and • When they did it! • As in English they have person and number… • 1st, 2nd and 3rd personals • Number…singular and plural

  3. Personal Endings • Tells us WHO • Sing Plural • O (I)mus(We) • S (You sing) tis (you pl) • T (he/she/it)nt(they)

  4. Present tense • To form the present tense you simply add the personal ending to the present stem of the verb…What? How do you get that? • Take the 2nd principal part of the verb, the infinitive and drop the re… • Example…amo, amareamavi, amatus • AMARE, DROP RE…AMA… • But be careful…notice the a is dropped for 1st person sing…(also note that the first form of the verb is the present, 1st person sing) So it’s given to you.

  5. Try some! • Amare: are in the infinitive = ist conjugation • Amas • Amamus • Amant • Inhabito • Inhabimus • Portant • Portatis

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