PRESENT ACTIVE INDICATIVE
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- 1. The present tense is inflected by adding the personal endings to the present stem, and its first person uses -ō and not -m. The form amō is for amā-ō, the two vowels ā-ō contracting to ō. In moneō there is no contraction. Nearly all regular verbs ending in -eō belong to the second conjugation.
- 2. Note that the long final vowel of the stem is shortened before another vowel (monē-ō = mo'nĕō), and before final -t (amăt, monĕt) and -nt (amănt, monĕnt). Compare § 12.2.
129. Like amō and moneō inflect the present active indicative of the following verbs:[1]
| Indicative Present | Infinitive Present | |
| a'rō, I plow | arā're, to plow | |
| cū'rō, I care for | cūrā're, to care for | |
| * | dē'leō, I destroy | dēlē're, to destroy |
| dēsī'derō, I long for | dēsīderā're, to long for | |
| dō,[2] I give | da're, to give | |
| * | ha'beō, I have | habē're, to have |
| ha'bitō, I live, I dwell | habitā're, to live, to dwell | |
| * | iu'beō, I order | iubē're, to order |
| labō'rō, I labor | labōrā're, to labor | |
| lau'dō, I praise | laudā're, to praise | |
| mātū'rō, I hasten | mātūrā're, to hasten | |
| * | mo'veō, I move | movē're, to move |
| nār'rō, I tell | nārrā're, to tell | |
| ne'cō, I kill | necā're, to kill | |
| nūn'tiō, I announce | nūntiā're, to announce | |
| pa'rō, I prepare | parā're, to prepare | |
| por'tō, I carry | portā're, to carry | |
| pro'perō, I hasten | properā're, to hasten | |
| pug'nō, I fight | pugnā're, to fight | |
| * | vi'deō, I see | vidē're, to see |
| vo'cō, I call | vocā're, to call |
130. The Translation of the Present. In English there are three ways of expressing present action. We may say, for example, I live, I am living, or I do live. In Latin the one expression habitō covers all three of these expressions.
- ↑ The only new verbs in this list are the five of the second conjugation which are starred. Learn their meanings.
- ↑ Observe that in dō, dăre, the a is short, and that the present stem is dă- and not dā-. The only forms of dō that have a long are dās (pres. indic.), dā (pres. imv.), and dāns (pres. part.).
