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


All the verbs we have studied so far belong to the First Conjugation. Verbs belonging to the Second Conjugation have the vowel stem -e in thr Infinitive. The Present Tense of verbs belonging to the Second Conjugation is formed in the same way as those of the First.
-eo
-ere
-ui
-itus

To form the Present Tense, remove re from the Infinitive and add personal endings.

Vocabulary:
    Verb.....English derivation.....meaning

  1. Docere......doctor.....to teach
  2. Habere.....habit......to have
  3. Monere.....monitor.....to warn, to advise
  4. Terrere.....terrify.....to frighten
  5. Videre.....vision.....to see
  6. 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 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

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