Conjugating a Second Conjugation Verb

doceo docere docui doctus

All About Verbs

Each verb has 4 principal parts

First Person Singular Present Active

I teach

Present active InfinitiveTo teach

First Person Singular

Perfect ActiveI have taught

Perfect Passive Participle

Having been taught

doceo docere docui doctus

Finding the Present Stem

docere docui doctusdoceo

The present stem is the second principal part – re.

docere - re = doce

Find the second principal part of the verb.

Present Active Tense

The present active tense = Present Stem + Present Active Endings

First Person

Second Person

Third Person

o

s

t

I

you

he, she,it

Singular Plural

nt

tis

mus we

you

they

Present Active Endings

First Person

Second

Person

Third Person

doce o

doce s

doce t

doce

doce

doce

mus

tis

nt

I teachI am teachingI do teach

You teachYou are teachingYou do teach

He teachesHe is teachingHe does teach

We teach

We are teachingWe do teach

You teachYou are teachingYou do teach

They teachThey are teachingThey do teach

Present Active

Present Passive Tense

The present passive tense = Present Stem + Present Passive Endings

First Person

Second Person

Third Person

or

ris

tur

I

you

he, she,it

Singular Plural

ntur

mini

mur we

you

they

Present Passive Endings

First Person

Second

Person

Third Person

doce or

doce ris

doce tur

doce

doce

doce

mur

mini

ntur

I am taught

You are taught

He is taught

We are taught

You are taught

They are taught

Present Passive

Imperfect Tense

Present Stem + BA + Present Endings

doce

doce

doce

doce

doce

doce

ba

ba

mus

ba

ba

ba

ba

s

m

t

tis

nt

You taught

I taught

He taught

You taught

We taught

They taught

Imperfect Active

doce

doce

doce

doce

doce

doce

ba

ba

ba

ba

ba

ba

r

ris

tur

mur

mini

ntur

I was taught

You were taught

He was taught

We were taught

You were taught

They were taught

Imperfect Passive

Future Tense

Present Stem + Bi + Present Endings

doce

doce

doce

doce

doce

doce

b

bi

mus

bi

bi

bi

bu

s

o

t

tis

nt

You will teach

I will teach

He will teach

You will teach

We will teach

They will teach

Imperfect Active

doce

doce

doce

doce

doce

doce

bo

be

bi

bi

bi

bu

r

ris

tur

mur

mini

ntur

I will be taught

You will be taught

He will be taught

We will be taught

You will be taught

They will be taught

Imperfect Passive

Finding the Perfect Stem

docuidocere doctusdoceo

The perfect stem is the third principal part – i.

docui - i = docu

Find the third principal part of the verb.

Perfect Active Tense

The Perfect Active Tense = Perfect Stem + Perfect Active Endings

First Person

Second Person

Third Person

i

isti

it

I

you

he, she,it

Singular Plural

erunt

istis

imus we

you

they

Perfect Active Endings

First Person

Second

Person

Third Person

docu i

docu

docu it

docu

docu

docu

imus

istis

erunt

I taughtI have taughtI did teach

You taughtYou have taughtYou did teach

He taughtHe has taughtHe did teach

We lovedWe have lovedWe did love

They taughtThey have taughtThey did teach

Perfect Active

You taughtYou have taughtYou did teachisti

Pluperfect Active Tense

Perfect Stem + era + Present Endings

docu

docu

docu

docu

docu

docu

era

era

mus

era

era

era

era

s

m

t

tis

nt

You had taught

I had taught

He had taught

You had taught

We had taught

They had taught

Pluperfect Active

Future Perfect Active Tense

Perfect Stem + eri + Present Endings

docu

docu

docu

docu

docu

docu

er

eri

mus

eri

eri

eri

eri

s

o

t

tis

nt

You will have taught

I will have taught

He will have taught

You will have taught

We will have taught

They will have taught

Future Perfect Active

Perfect Passive System

1. Uses the fourth principal part which is called the perfect passive participle (PPP).

doceo, docere, docui, doctus. -a. -um

2. The perfect passive participle (PPP) is a verbal adjective and must agree with the subject of the sentence.

If the subject is puella (feminine singular), the PPP will be docta. If the subject is puellae (feminine plural), the PPP will be doctae. If the subject is vir (masculine singular), the PPP will be doctus. If the subject is viri (masculine plural), the PPP will be docti. If the subject is oppidum (neuter singular), the PPP will be doctum. If the subject is oppida (neuter plural), the PPP will be docta.

Perfect Passive Tense

PPP + Present Tense of Sum

doctus – a - um

doctus – a - um

doctus –a -um

docti –ae -a

docti –ae –a

docti – ae -a

sum

es

est

sumus

estis

sunt

You have been taught

I have been taught

He has been taught

You have been taught

We have been taught

They have been taught

Perfect Passive

Pluperfect Passive Tense

PPP + Imperfect Tense of Sum

doctus – a - um

doctus – a - um

doctus –a -um

docti –ae -a

docti –ae –a

docti – ae -a

eram

eras

erat

eramus

eratis

erant

You had been taught

I had been taught

He had been taught

You had been taught

We had been taught

They had been taught

Pluperfect Passive

Future Perfect Passive Tense

PPP + Future Tense of Sum

doctus – a - um

doctus – a - um

doctus –a -um

docti –ae -a

docti –ae –a

docti – ae -a

ero

eris

erit

erimus

eritis

erunt

You will have been taught

I will have been taught

He will have been taught

You will have been taught

We will have been taught

They will have been taught

Future Perfect Passive Tense

The ______________ tense does not use the present stem.

a. Future

b. Past Perfect

c. Imperfect

d. Present

next

Docere is the ______________ principal part of the word.

a. First

b. Second

c. Third

d. Fourth

next

Docuisti can be translated _____________

a. You have taught

b. You were taught

c. You are taught

d. You will teach

next

Docta est can be translated _____________

a. She had been taught

b. She is taught

c. She has been taught

d. She will have been taught

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