« LESSON 21- SECOND CONJUGATION- PRESENT INDICATIVE TENSE- REGULAR VERBS
LESSON 22- THE THIRD 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 first person plural present tense suffix for the third conjugation is e. The second person plural present tense suffix for the third conjugation is e. There is no third person plural present tense suffix for the third conjugation.
The present indicative desinences for the third conjugation are:
- -
- -i
- -e
- -m
- -ţi
- -
The theme of the indicative present may have phonetic alternations.
Let’s conjugate the verb “a face” (to do):
Eu fac
The theme is fac. There is neither suffix, nor desinence.
Tu faci
The theme is fac. There is no suffix and the desinence is –i.
El/ ea face
The theme is fac. The suffix is confounded with the desinence –e.
Noi facem
The theme is fac, the suffix is e and the desinence is -m.
Voi faceţi
The theme is fac, the suffix is e and the dessinence is –ţi.
Ei/ele fac
The theme is fac. There is neither suffix, nor desinence.