Present Indicative Active
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Present Indicative Active
Historical Grammar
128. The inflection of the Present Active Indicative of the first and of the second conjugation is as follows:
1. The present tense is inflected by adding the personal endings to the present stem, and its first person uses -o and not -m. The form amō is for amā-ō, the two vowels ā-ō contracting to ō. In moneō there is no contraction. Nearly all regular verbs ending in -eo belong to the second conjugation.
2. Note that the long final vowel of the stem is shortened before another vowel (monē-ō = mo´nĕō), and before final -t (amăt, monĕt) and -nt (amănt, monĕnt). Compare § 12. 2.
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1st Person | amō | amāmus |
| 2nd Person | amās | amātis |
| 3rd Person | amat | amant |
Explanation & Usage
130. The Translation of the Present. In English there are three ways of expressing present action. We may say, for example, I live, I am living, or I do live. In Latin the one expression habitō covers all three of these expressions.
Historical Exercises & Reading
129. Like amō and moneō inflect the present active indicative of the following verbs2:
Indicative Present
Infinitive Present
a´rō, I plow
arā´re, to plow
cū´rō, I care for
cūrā´re, to care for
*dē´leō, I destroy
dēlē´re, to destroy
dēsī´derō, I long for
dēsīderā´re, to long for
dō,3 I give
da´re, to give
*ha´beō, I have
habē´re, to have
ha´bitō, I live, I dwell
habitā´re, to live, to dwell
*iu´beō, I order
iubē´re, to order
labō´rō, I labor
labōrā´re, to labor
lau´dō, I praise
laudā´re, to praise
mātū´rō, I hasten
mātūrā´re, to hasten
*mo´veō, I move
movē´re, to move
nār´rō, I tell
nārrā´re, to tell
ne´cō, I kill
necā´re, to kill
nūn´tiō, I announce
nūntiā´re, to announce
pa´rō, I prepare
parā´re, to prepare
por´tō, I carry
portā´re, to carry
pro´perō, I hasten
properā´re, to hasten
pug´nō, I fight
pugnā´re, to fight
*vi´deō, I see
vidē´re, to see
vo´cō, I call
vocā´re, to call
131. EXERCISES
Give the voice, mood, tense, person, and number of each form.
I. 1. Vocāmus, properātis, iubent. 2. Movētis, laudās, vidēs. 3. Dēlētis, habētis, dant. 4. Mātūrās, dēsīderat, vidēmus. 5. Iubet, movent, necat. 6. Nārrāmus, movēs, vident. 7. Labōrātis, properant, portās, parant. 8. Dēlet, habētis, iubēmus, dās.
N.B. Observe that the personal ending is of prime importance in translating a Latin verb form. Give that your first attention.
II. 1. We plow, we are plowing, we do plow. 2. They care for, they are caring for, they do care for. 3. You give, you are having, you do have (sing.). 4. We destroy, I do long for, they are living. 5. He calls, they see, we are telling. 6. We do fight, we order, he is moving, he prepares. 7. They are laboring, we kill, you announce.
LESSON XX
IMPERFECT ACTIVE INDICATIVE OF AMŌ AND MONEŌ
Loquentes Practice Reference
Our drill practices laudō, moneō, dūcō, audiō, and capiō. D'Ooge's historical paradigm above illustrates the tense with the canonical First Conjugation model amō.