Latin/Future Tense Lesson 2

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Future tense, third and fourth conjugation

Today’s lesson continues the future tense in Latin. As we saw last lesson, 1st and 2nd conjugation verbs use the endings

bō, bis, bit, bimus, bitis, bunt to form the future tense

(with the help of the connecting vowel ā for 1st conjugation, ē for 2nd).

This week we’ll turn to the forms used for the 3rd and 4th conjugations:

3rd and 4th conjugations future tense

Formed by	Latin Example mittō	English meaning	Latin Example	English meaning	Latin Example audio	English meaning
present stem + am	mittam	I will send	capiam	I will seize	audiam	I will hear
present stem + ēs	mittēs	you will send	capies	you will seize	audiēs	you will hear
present stem + et	mittet	he will send	capiet	he will seize	audiet	he will hear
present stem + ēmus	mittēmus	we will send	capiemus	we will seize	audiēmus	we will hear
present stem + ētis	mittētis	you will send	capietis	you will seize	audiētis	you will hear
present stem + ent	mittent	they will send	capient	they will seize	audient	they will hear

Most irregular verbs follow the pattern of 3rd/4th conjugation verbs, except for compounds of sum which follow that pattern — erō, eris, erit, erimus, eritis, erunt — and compounds of eō: ībō, ībis, ībit, ībimus, ībitis, ībunt. We’ll introduce a few of these in this lesson and a few in the next.

New Vocabulary

Latin	English	Audio (Classical)	Notes
nēmō, nēminis	no one, nobody		3rd declension noun, a compound of nē + homō

New Sentences

Latin	English	Notes
Epistulam mittam.	I will send the letter.
Nēmō hoc leget.	No one will read this.
Hodiē pullum edunt; crās holera edent.	Today they eat chicken; tomorrow they will eat vegetables.
Quis solvet?	Who will pay?
Nunc aquam bibimus; vespere vīnum bibēmus.	Now we are drinking water; in the evening we will drink wine.
Crās intellegēs / intellegētis.	Tomorrow you will understand.
Māter dē hōc audiet.	Mother will hear about this.
Vivent.	They will live.
Quandō veniēs / veniētis?	When will you come?
Paula ambulābit, sed Lūcia curret.	Paula will walk, but Lucia will run.
Mārcus librum emet, sed Gāius librōs vēndet.	Marcus will buy a book, but Gaius will sell books.
Nēmō mihi crēdet!	No one will believe me!
Numquam clāvēs inveniam.	I will never find the keys.
Mīlitēs gladiōs pōnent.	The soldiers will put down their swords.
Quid dīcent?	What will they say?
Quid agent / facient?	What will they do?
Senātus aget.	The Senate will act.
Mārcus domī (opus faciet) / (laborābit).	Marcus will work at home.
Tēcum ībō.	I will go with you.
Quō ībis?	Where will you go?
Dormient.	They will sleep.
Nēmō sciet.	No one will know.
Mox lūdere poterō.	Soon I will be able to play.
Nēmō dormīre poterit.	No one will be able to sleep.
Solvēre nōn poterunt.	They will not be able to pay.
Saccharum in theam nōn pōnam.	I will not put sugar in the tea.
“Nōn faciēs tibi sculptile.”	Thou shalt not make for yourself a graven image.	Exodus 20:4
“Nōn occīdēs.”	Thou shalt not murder.	Exodus 20:13
“Quis cū̆stōdiet ipsōs cū̆stōdēs?”	Who will guard the guards themselves?	Juvenal
Proximā lēctiōne plūs discēmus.	We will learn more in the next lesson.

Practice

Practice and learn the words and phrases in this lesson
Step one	First learn the words using this lesson: Future Tense vocabulary
Step two	Next try learning and writing the sentencing using this: Future Tense Sentences
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Valēte!

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