Fourth conjugation verbs; obire
Verbs from the fourth conjugation end ‘-ire’.
| audire |
to hear |
| scire |
to know |
| venire |
to come |
To conjugate these verbs, remove the ‘-ire’ and add these endings.
| Latin |
English |
| -io |
I |
| -is |
you (singular) |
| -it |
he/she/it |
| -imus |
we |
| -itis |
you (plural) |
| -iunt |
they |
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Look at our example of venire to come
| Latin |
English |
| venio |
I come |
| venis |
you come (singular) |
| venit |
he/she/it comes |
| venimus |
we come |
| venitis |
you come (plural) |
| veniunt |
they come |
| agricole ad curiam veniunt |
the farmers come to the court |
ad curiam, -e (f.) to the court |
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| non scio |
I do not know |
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Handy hints - third and fourth conjugation verbs |
 Did you notice the similarities between the endings of regular third and fourth declension verbs? Look back at the lesson and check.
The difference is that in the fourth declension, the ‘I’ and ‘they’ forms have an ‘i’.
Noticing patterns like this makes learning Latin much easier.
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Obire to die
This is an irregular verb, which although similar to a fourth conjugation verb, is a compound of 'eo, ire, ivi, itum - to go'. It conjugates in the following way:
obeo |
I die |
obis |
you die |
obit |
he/she dies |
obimus |
we die |
obitis |
you (pl) die |
obeunt |
they die |
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