Lesson 6: Passive verbs - part 3 | 1 2 3 4 5 6

Future passive tense

First and second conjugations

The endings for the future passive tense are the same as the other tenses in this group, but for the first and second conjugation they need to be preceded with ‘-bo’, ‘-be’, ‘-bi’, ‘- bi’, ‘-bi’, ‘-bu’.

Endings for the first and second conjugations

Latin	English
-bor	I
-beris	you (singular)
-bitur	he/she/it
-bimur	we
-bimini	you (plural)
-buntur	they

To form a future passive tense you need to add these endings to the stem of the verb.

To get the stem, remove ‘-re’ from the infinitive form of the verb and add the relevant endings.

For example:

Future passive of voco, vocare, vocavi, vocatum (1) to call

Latin	English
vocabor	I will be called
vocaberis	you will be called
vocabitur	he/she/it will be called
vocabimur	we will be called
vocabimini	you will be called
vocabuntur	they will be called

Third and fourth conjugation

To form the future passive tense for third and fourth conjugation verbs, remove the ‘-re’ from the infinitive form of the verb to get the stem as above, but this time, for fourth conjugation verbs only, add ‘-e’ to the stem. Then add the relevant endings.

For example:

The stem for duco, ducere, duxi, ductum (3) ‘to lead’ would be ‘duce-’.

The stem for audio, audire, audivi, auditum (4) ‘to hear’ would be ‘audi-’ + ‘-e’ = audie.

Future passive of duco, ducere, duxi, ductum (3) to lead

Latin	English
ducar	I will be led
duceris	you will be led
ducetur	he/she/it will be led
ducemur	we will be led
ducemini	you will be led
ducentur	they will be led

Future passive of audio, audire, audivi, auditum (4) to hear

Latin	English
audiar	I will be heard
audieris	you will be heard
audietur	he/she/it will be heard
audiemur	we will be heard
audiemini	you will be heard
audientur	they will be heard