Passive Verbs

Passive Verbs
1st and 2nd conjugations
Present, Imperfect, Future Tenses

1. Remember the ACTIVE voice personal verb endings:

singular plural

1^st -o/-m (I) -mus (we)

2^nd -s (you) -tis (ya’ll)

3^rd -t (he, she, it) -nt (they)

2. Remember the tense markers for 1st and 2nd conjugations:

Present none am/is/are (verb)ing

Imperfect -ba- was/were (verb)ing

Future -bo/bi-/bu- will (verb)

3. Learn the PASSIVE voice personal verb endings:

singular plural

1^st -r (I) -mur (we)

2^nd -ris (you) -mini (ya’ll)

3^rd -tur (he, she, it) -ntur (they)

4. If the verb is ACTIVE, the subject DOES something

Puer puellam amat
Puer puellam amabat
Puer puellam amabit

5. If the verb is PASSIVE, nothing IS DONE by the subject (lazy subject!)

Puella â puerô amâtur
Puella â puerô amâbâtur
Puella â puerô amâbitur

6. Remember the ACTIVE infinitive endings

-âre (amâre) to like
-êre (movêre) to move

7. Learn the PASSIVE infinitive endings

-ârî (amârî) to be liked
-êrî (movêrî) to be moved

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	singular	plural
1^st	-o/-m (I)	-mus (we)
2^nd	-s (you)	-tis (ya’ll)
3^rd	-t (he, she, it)	-nt (they)

Present	none	am/is/are (verb)ing
Imperfect	-ba-	was/were (verb)ing
Future	-bo/bi-/bu-	will (verb)