I learned how to conjugate
Dead Latin verbs to the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse theme song:
1st Conjugation (A-Stem Verb); Amare
(to love) - Try singing a 1st Conjugation
Present Tense:
Am
o-Am
as-Am
at-Am
amus-Am
atis-Am
ant 2nd Conjugation (E-Stem Verb); Habere
(to have) - Now, try singing a 2nd Conjugation
Present Tense:
Hab
eo-Hab
eos-Hab
et-Hab
emus-Hab
atis-Hab
ebant... et cetera.
It works down the tenses, as well:
1st Conjugation (A-Stem Verb); Amare,
(to love) Perfect Tense Amav
i-Amav
is-Amav
it-Amav
imus-Amav
itis-Amav
eruntBut after a while it needs more tune hacking:
1st Conjugation (A-Stem Verb); Amare,
(To love) Pluperfect Tense Am
eram-Amav
eras-Amav
erat-Amav
eramus-Amav
eritis-Amav
erant
& now for a
Quick Paradigm Pattern Reference Guide for memorizing the tenses by seeing how they grow on each other:
Present Tense: -o, -as, -at, -amus, -atis, -ant
Imperfect Tense: -abam, -abas, -abat, -abamus, -abatis, -abant
Perfect Tense: -i, -isti, -it, -imus, -istis, -erunt
Pluperfect Tense: -eram, -eras, -erat, eramus, -eratis, -erant
P: -o
I: -abam
Per -i
Pl: -eram
Subjunctive Present Tense: -em, -es, et, -emus, -etis, -ent
Subjective Imperfect Tense: -arem, -ares, aret, -aremus, -aretis, -arent
Subjunctive Perfect Tense: -erim, -eris, -erit, -erimus, -eritis, -erint
Subjunctive Pluperfect Tense: -issem, -isses, -isset, -issemus, -issetis, -issent
Sp: -em
Si: -arem
Sper: -erim
Spl: -issem
Subjunctive Present Tense: aside from the
First Person,
Present Case with the
e replacing the
a.Subjective Imperfect Tense: identical to the
Subjunctive Present except
-ar is put in front of each ending.
Subjunctive Perfect Tense: aside from the
First & Second Person,
Perfect Tense with the
-er replacing the
i.
Subjunctive Pluperfect Tense: Ssuper Pluperfectiss-y.
(Subjunctive) Perfect &
(Subjunctive) Pluperfect like the letter
v and
u.
(Subjunctive) Pluperfect conjugate the same across all of the four (4) conjugations.
Examples Shown: 1st Conjugation for the Eight (8) Verb Tenses,
in which 2nd Conjugation Verb Habere makes a Guest Star Appearance.