3 rd conjugation check grade Grade Latin Subject

3 rd conjugation check «grade» Grade: Latin Subject: «date» Date:

1 3 rd conjugation verbs end in -o, -ere in their dictionary entries. Yes No

2 What letters do you drop to find the present stem of 3 rd conjugation verbs? A -re B -ere C -i

3 What vowels appear as parts of the endings on the 3 rd conjugation chart? A -a B -e C -i D -o E -u

4 Which of the following is the correct plural imperative form of rego, regere? A rege! B regete! C regite!

Lesson XIX Lesson 19 3 rd conjugation verbs

3 Conjugation Verbs rd · 3 rd conjugation verbs have –o, -ere as their dictionary endings ·Let’s see how to conjugate these verbs in the present tense.

pono, ponere, posui, positus: put, place nd ·Go to the 2 principal part ·Drop the –ere ·Stem is PONrd · 3 conjugation verbs drop 3 letters to find their stem. ·We’ll replace that first –e- with another vowel.

·Remember the present tense endings? (sure you do!) ·-o (I) -mus (we) ·-s (you) -tis (you/y’all) ·-t (h/s/i) -nt (they)

·Here’s what 3 rd conjugation present tense endings look like with their “new” vowels. -o ·-is ·-it · -imus -itis -unt

·Back to “pono, ponere. ” ·We dropped the –ere instead of just the “-re. ” ·Present Tense: pono ·ponis ·ponit · ponimus ponitis ponunt

Imperatives (commands) To form the imperative (command) form of a 3 rd conjugation verb like “pono, ” drop the –re from the 2 nd part. ponere -re PONE (put!) --- singular ponere –re + -ite PONITE (put!) --- plural

·Perfect (Past) Tense · 3 rd conjugation verbs use the same perfect tense charts as all other verbs do. ·Perfect Tense: ·Drop the -i from the 3 rd principal part. ·pono, ponere, posui, positus posuimus ·posuistis ·posuit posuerunt ·

·Present Tense ·pono ·ponis ·ponit ponimus ponitis ponunt ·Perfect Tense ·posuisti ·posuit posuimus posuistis posuerunt