Conjugations are variations of verb forms.

There are 4 conjugations in Latin, indicating a verb’s person, number, tense, voice, and mood.

Person: First, Second, or Third

Number: Singular or Plural

Tense: Indicates Time Reference

Voice: Active or Passive

Mood: Indicative, Imperative, Subjunctive

Verbs that belong to the same conjugation have the same present active infinitive ending.

This section addresses the indicative mood.

 

The four principal parts of a verb are:

  1. First-person singular, present active indicative.

  2. Present active infinitive.

  3. First-person singular, perfect active indicative.

  4. Perfect Passive Participle.

Remove the -re in a verb’s second principal part to get its present stem.

Remove the in a verb’s third principal part to get its perfect stem.

Perfect, pluperfect, and future perfect passives conjugate in the same way. Refer to the “Perfect Passives” page.