Beginning Latin Grammar, Lesson 19: Second Conjugation
"I would make them all learn English;and then I would let the clever ones learn Latin as an honour, and Greek as a treat." --Sir Winston Churchill
-eo
-ere
-ui
-itus
To form the Present Tense, remove re from the Infinitive and add personal endings.
Vocabulary:
Verb.....English derivation.....meaning
- Docere......doctor.....to teach
- Habere.....habit......to have
- Monere.....monitor.....to warn, to advise
- Terrere.....terrify.....to frighten
- Videre.....vision.....to see
- Manere.....remain.....to stay, to remain
Exercises:
Translate.
Terretis
Manemus
Vident
Doceo
Mones
Habet
Translate from English to Latin.
We are staying in the town.
The man has a slave.
Wars frighten the boys.
The master is teaching the sons of the queen.
If your students need to review English grammar before introducing Latin Grammar, go to Simple Grammar.
Previous Lessons in the series:
Lesson 1: Latin Nouns
Lesson 2: The First Declension
Lesson 5: Present Tense
Lesson 6: The Infinitive
Lesson 7: Review
Lesson 8 Direct Object
Lesson 9: Predicate Nouns
Lesson 10: Review and Vocabulary
Lesson 11: Possessives
Lesson 12: Appositives
Lesson 13: Review
Lesson 14: Prepositions
Lesson 15: Indirect Objects
Lesson 16: Review
Lesson 17: The Second Declension
Lesson 18: Vocabulary