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LESSON 21- SECOND CONJUGATION- PRESENT INDICATIVE TENSE- REGULAR VERBS
There is no first person and second person singular present tense suffix. The third person singular present tense suffix is confounded with the desinence. The second person plural present tense suffix for the second conjugation is –e- emphasized. The first person plural present tense suffix for the second conjugation is –e- emphasized. There is no third person plural suffix for the second conjugation.
The present indicative desinences for the second conjugation are:
- -
- -i
- -e
- -m
- -ţi
- -
The theme of the indicative present may have phonetic alternations.
Let’s conjugate the verb “a cădea” (to fall):
Eu cad
The theme is cad (observe the vowel alternation ă/a). There is neither suffix, nor desinence.
Tu cazi
The theme is caz (observe the vowel alternation ă/a and the consonantic alternation d/z). There is no suffix and the desinence is –i.
El/ea cade
The theme is cad (observe the vowel alternation ă/a ). The suffix is confounded with the desinence -e.
Noi cădem
The theme is căd, the suffix is –e- emphasized and the desinence is –m.
Voi cădeţi
The theme is căd, the suffix is - e- emphasized and the desinence is –ţi.
Ei/ele cad
The theme is cad (observe the vowel alternation ă/a). There is neither suffix, nor desinence.
Other second conjugation verbs:
a tăcea=to say nothing
a putea=to can
a vedea=to see
But I will not suggest you to conjugate them just right now, because there are a lot of phonetic alternations. In the next lessons I will conjugate more verbs.
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