Latin/Lesson 6-Irregular Verbs

Irregular Verbs Irregular verbs do not fit in any particular conjugation. Irregular verbs conjugate but not in a predictable manner. An example of an irregular verb that you have met is 'esse'. There are a few others which will be listed in the present indicate active tense below for you to memorise and refer to. Verb Meaning ego tu is/ea nos vos ei/eae Imperative sing. Imp. pl ire to go eo is it imus itis eunt i ite esse to be sum es est sumus estis sunt es este fieri to become fio fis fit fimus fitis fiunt fi fite velle to wish volo vis vult volumus vultis volunt (none) (none) malle to prefer malo mavis mavult malumus mavultis malunt (none) (none) nolle to be unwilling nolo non vis non vult nolumus non vultis nolunt noli* nolite ferre* to carry fero fers fert ferimus fertis ferunt fer ferte The imperatives noli and nolite are used to mean "don't", eg. "nolite ire" = "don't go!"Sometimes ferre is considered to be an 'o' stem 3rd conjugation verb. For practical purposes ferre is irregular. Exercise 1 Copy out previous table and translate from Latin to English. ... from Latin ... to English Translate the following Latin sentences into English. fero portam fers portam fert portam ferimus portam fertis portam ferunt portam sum bonus es bonus est bonus sumus bonī estis bonī sunt bonī este bonī! nolī currāre! to be translated into English to be translated into English to be translated into English to be translated into English to be translated into English to be translated into English to be translated into English to be translated into English to be translated into English to be translated into English to be translated into English to be translated into English to be translated into English to be translated into English Answer the following English questions about previous Latin sentences. What do the irregular verbs have in common with regular verbs? Why do we use 'boni' in question 10, 11, and 12 but 'bonus' in question 7, 8 and 9? write answer 1 write answer 2 Exercise 2 1. Decline the following five nouns in both singular and plural number in the five common cases (nominative, accusative, genitive, dative, ablative): Singular Nominative nauta ātrium servus dictātor rēx cornū diēs Accusative Genitive Dative Ablative Plural Nominative Accusative Genitive Dative Ablative 2. Conjugate the verb 'servāre' in both singular and plural number and all three persons. 3. Conjugate the verb 'esse', in both singular and plural number and all three persons. 4. Translate: Nota Bene: Often Latin uses the present to indicate a 'vivid past'. It would be suitable to translate the following passage in the past tense. Latin English Notes heri yesterday heri is an adverb. Don't try to use it as a noun ("Yesterday was a good day") taberna, -ae shop 1st declension feminine solea, -ae sandle 1st declension feminine sic so, and so, thus solus, -a, -um alone The adverb form (only) is solum casa, -ae house, hut 1st declension feminine sto, stare, steti, statum stand One of the few irregular first conjugation verbs Heri, ad tabernam eō. In tabernā sunt trēs rēs quārum amō duas sōleās et unam mensam. Habeō trēs denariōs, sīc ego emeō mensam sōlum quod sum nōn dīvīnitās. Hodiē, mensa est in casā meā. In triclīnio stat.