Year 4B · Grade 7: Third and Fourth Conjugations

Compare present-system forms and recognize how Latin tenses map into English.

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What to notice

• third conjugation
• fourth conjugation
• present-system tenses

Examples

• regit — he / she rules. regit is present active, third-person singular.
• regent — they will rule. regent is future active: they will rule.
• audit — he / she hears. audit is present active, third-person singular.
• audiet — he / she will hear. audiet means he or she will hear.
• regebat — he / she was ruling. regebat can mean was ruling, used to rule, or kept ruling.
• audit — he / she hears; is hearing. A Latin present can match either simple or progressive English.