![]() ![]() There are three Latin moods: indicative, imperative, and subjunctive. Mood can indicate if a sentence’s content is simply a statement of fact, an expression of a wish or possibility, an order, etc. Mood tells us how the speaker of the sentence feels about the content of the sentence. To follow up on the example above, in the sentence “the ball is caught by the dog”, the ball (our subject) is not performing an action, rather it is simply being caught by the dog. A passive verb indicates that the subject is being acted upon. For example, in the sentence, “the dog catches the ball”, the dog (our subject) is performing the act of catching. An active verb indicates that the subject performs the central action of the sentence. ![]() There are two voices in Latin: active and passive. Voice tells us whether the subject of the sentence is doing the action of the sentence or being acted upon. There are six different tenses in Latin: present, imperfect, future, perfect, pluperfect, and future perfect. On the other hand, “Lisa is doing her homework”, the present tense verb “is doing” tells us that Lisa is in the process of completing her homework while the speaker is talking. For example, in the English sentence, “Lisa did her homework”, the past tense verb “did” tells us that Lisa has completed her homework at the time when the sentence was uttered. ![]() Tense tells us the temporal relationship between the action that occurs in the sentence and the speaker’s statement. A singular subject requires a singular verb a plural subject requires a plural verb (see more below). Number plays a key role in Latin sentence construction - subjects and verbs must match in number, just as in English. Just like Latin nouns, Latin verbs can be singular (the subject refers only to one person or thing) or plural (the subject refers to multiple persons or things). Number tells us how many subjects we have. Third person (he/she/it/stated subject) means that the speaker of the sentence is referring to a subject outside of the current conversation. Second person (you/you all) means that the speaker of the sentence is in direct conversation with the subject(s) of the sentence. First person (I/we) means that the speaker of the sentence is also the subject/one of the subjects of the sentence. Latin, like English, has three different persons - first person, second person, and third person. Person tells us the relationship between the speaker of the sentence and the subject of the sentence. Latin verbs have five characteristics: person, number, tense, voice, and mood. Please type one word at a time among the most significant words in the sentence.įor more information, read our Instructionsĭiscover the conjugation of Latin verbs and Latin declensions with our conjugator and declension tool, unique in the world on the Internet.Verbs | Conjugations | Practice Opportunity | Idioms, figures of speech and quotes appear in the Latin Dictionary under the various forms which compose them. By clicking on the appropriate box in the search form, the search will also be performed within the inflected forms. During the normal search of verbs remember that in latin you are to look for the first person of the present indicative, the names and adjectives must be searched with the masculine nominative singular. Consequently, you must search for one word at once. Please keep ever in your mind that this is a dictionary and not an automatic translator. The Latin dictionary is available for free: do not hesitate to let us know about your comments and impressions. ![]() A very valuable resource for students and specialists. Welcome to the Latin Dictionary, the largest and most complete online Latin dictionary with a conjugator and a declension tool included. ![]()
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