Chapter 2

Language fact I

First and Second Conjugation Verbs; Principal Parts

1st: Narro, narrare, narravi, narratum 2nd: habeo, habere, habui, habitum

1st part is first person, singular, active. "I tell" = narro

2nd part is the infinitive. "to have" = habere

How to find the stem

Language Fact II Properties of Verbs: Person, Number

Singular Plural

First Person o or m = I mus = we

Second Person

s = you tis = y'all

Third Person

t = he nt = they

paro, parare Singular Plural

First paro paramus

Second paras paratis

Third parat parant

Language Fact III: Tense, Stem

Who Me!?Practice various ways to translate present tense

Language Fact IVThe Infinitve

Ends in 're'

Has no person

Describes just the action

Language Fact VSubject Verb Agreement

We is telling a story?

Puella fabulam narrat

Puellae narrant