In this lesson, we will study the conjugation of the active voice of the fourth conjugation verb AUDIRE, which means “to hear”. The principal parts1 of this verb, from which all forms can be derived, are:
Principal Parts
1st Person, Present Indicative:
audio I hear
Present Infinitive:
audire to hear
1st Person Perfect Indicative:
audivi I have heard
Perfect Passive Participle (Supine):
auditum heard
Indicative Mood
1. Present Tense
Singular
audio I hear
audis you hear
audit he hears
Plural
audimus we hear
auditis you (pl.) hear
audiunt they hear
2. Perfect Tense
Singular
audivi I have heard
audivisti you have heard
audivit he has heard
Plural
audivimus we have heard
audivistis you (pl.) have heard
audiverunt they have heard
3. Imperfect Tense
Singular
audiebam I did hear
audiebas you did hear
audiebat he did hear
Plural
audiebamus we did hear
audiebatis you (pl.) did hear
audiebant they did hear
4. Pluperfect Tense
Singular
audiveram I had heard
audiveras you had heard
audiverat he had heard
Plural
audiveramus we had heard
audiveratis you (pl.) had heard
audiverant they had heard
5. Future Tense
Singular
audiam I shall hear
audies you will hear
audiet he will hear
Plural
audiemus we shall hear
audietis you (pl.) will hear
audient they will hear
6. Future Perfect Tense
Singular
audivero I shall have heard
audiveris you will have heard
audiverit he will have heard
Plural
audiverimus we shall have heard
audiveritis you (pl.) will have heard
audiverint they will have heard
Conjunctive Mood
1. Present Tense
Singular
audiam I may hear
audias you may hear
audiat he may hear
Plural
audiamus we may hear
audiatis you (pl.) may hear
audiant they may hear
2. Perfect Tense
Singular
audiverim I might have heard
audiveris you might have heard
audiverit he might have heard
Plural
audiverimus we might have heard
audiveritis you (pl.) might have heard
audiverint they might have heard
3. Imperfect Tense
Singular
audirem I might hear
audires you might hear
audiret he might hear
Plural
audiremus we might hear
audiretis you (pl.) might hear
audirent they might hear
4. Pluperfect Tense
Singular
audivissem I might had heard
audivisses you might had heard
audivisset he might had heard
Plural
audivissemus we might had heard
audivissetis you (pl.) might had heard
audivissent they might had heard
Imperative Mood
1. Present or Future Tense
Singular
— —
audi or audito hear
audito let him hear
Plural
— —
audite or auditote hear (pl.)
audiunto let them hear
Infinitives
1. Present:
audire to hear
2. Perfect:
audivisse to have heard
3. Future:
auditurus esse to be about to hear
4. Fut. Perfect:
auditurus fuisse to have heard hereafter
Participles
1. Present:
audiens hearing
2. Future:
auditurus about to hear
Gerund
Genitive:
audiendi of hearing
Dative:
audiendo for hearing
Accusative:
audiendum hearing
Ablative:
audiendo by hearing
Supine
Genitive:
—
Dative:
—
Accusative:
auditum to hear
Ablative:
auditu to hear
Notes
- The principal parts of any verb can be learned from a good Latin dictionary.[↩]