THE FUTURE TENSE OF THE

FIRST CONJUGATION

FORM THE FUTURE TENSE FROM THE

PRESENT SYSTEMporto PORTARE portavi portatus

•Start with the infinitive:

•PORTARE•The “-RE” ending signifies the infinitive; remove it.

•The “A” signifies the conjugation; remove it.

•The remainder: “PORT-” is the stem onto which the present stem verbs are built.

•The present stem is PORT-

•Remember that the thematic (conjugation) vowel is “-A-”.

•The tense indicator is “-bi-”.

•Add personal endings.

•To the stem add the following personal endings with the thematic vowel - for first conjugation the “A”and the tense indicator.

PERSONAL ENDINGS

• -O (M)

– I

• -S

– YOU

• -T

– HE/SHE/IT

• -MUS

– WE

• -TIS

– YOU

• -NT

– THEY

FORMING LATIN VERBSFUTURE TENSE

• PORTABO– I shall carry

• PORTABIS– you will carry

• PORTABIT– he/she/it will carry

• PORTABIMUS– We shall carry

• PORTABITIS– You will carry

• PORTABUNT– They will carry

•In the first person singular, the “-bio” merges into “-bo”

•In the third person plural, the “-bint” strengthens to “-bunt”.

Futura tecum sit!