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

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 3: Latin Verbs

Lesson 4: The First Conjugation

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

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.