Person and Number
 
 

singular	plural
-o/-m (ego = I)	-mus (nos = we)
-s (tu = you)	-tis (vos = you all)
-t (is, ea, id = he/she/it)	-nt (ii, eae, ea = they)

Voice
 
 

Active	subject performs action of the verb
Cornelia Valerium amat	Cornelia loves Valerius.
Passive	subject receives action of verb
Valerius a Cornelia amatur	Valerius is loved by Cornelia.

Mood
 
 

Imperative	Command	the rude mood	Ama!	Love!
Indicative	Statement of fact	wishy-washy	amat.	She loves.
Subjunctive	potentiality, possibility, not a fact	ultra-polite	utinam amaret.	would that she loved.

Tense
 
 

Present	current action	amat	he loves
Imperfect	past action of long duration	amabat	he was loving
Future	future action	amabit	he will love
Perfect	past action of short duration	amavit	he has loved
Pluperfect	past action before a past event	amaverat	he had loved
Future Perfect	past action after a past event	amaverit	he will have loved

Conjugation group:

• amô, amâre, amâvî, amâtum
• cogitô, cogitâre, cogitâvî, cogitâtum
• debeô, debêre, dêbuî
• dô, dare, dêdî, datum
• errô, errâre, errâvî, errâtum
• laudô, laudâre, laudâvî, laudâtum
• moneô, monêre, monuî, monitum
• salveô, salvêre
• servô, servâre, servâvî, servâtum
• conservô, conservâre, conserâvî, conservâtum
• terreô, terrêre, terruî, territum
• valeô, valêre, valuî, valiturum
• videô, vidêre, vîdî, vîsum
• vocô, vocâre, vocâvî, vocâtum

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