non - not
It’s easy to turn a sentence into a negative sentence. Put non in front of the verb:
| agricola laborat |
The farmer works |
| agricola non laborat |
The farmer does not work |
| regina cartas confirmat |
The queen confirms the charters |
| regina cartas non confirmat |
The queen does not confirm the charters |
Second conjugation verbs
These end in ‘-ere’.
| debere |
to owe |
movere |
to move |
| habere |
to have |
sedere |
to sit |
| iacere |
to lie, be situated |
tenere |
to hold |
| monere |
to warn, summon |
videre |
to see |
To conjugate
these verbs, remove the ‘-ere’ and add these endings:
| Latin |
English |
Latin |
English |
| -eo |
I |
habeo |
I have |
| -es |
you |
habes |
you have |
| -et |
he/she/it |
habet |
he/she/it has |
| -emus |
we |
habemus |
we have |
| -etis |
you |
habetis |
you have |
| -ent |
they |
habent |
they have |
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The key letter in these endings is ‘e’.
| dominus Stephanus maneria tenet |
Lord Stephen holds the manors. |
| ecclesiam video |
I see the church. |
| cartas terris tenemus |
We hold the charters for the lands. |
| dominos monemus |
We warn the lords. |
| Gregorius testamentum non habet |
Gregory does not have a will. |
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Handy hints for conjugating verbs |
 All verbs that end with |
| -o |
relate to I |
| -t |
relate to he/she/it |
| -mus |
relate to we |
| -nt |
relate to they |
| Remember: this applies to all conjugations. |
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