In this lesson, we will study the conjugation of the active voice of the third conjugation verb LEGERE, which means “to read”. The principal parts1 of this verb, from which all forms can be derived, are:
Principal Parts
1st Person, Present Indicative:
lego I read
Present Infinitive:
legere to read
1st Person Perfect Indicative:
legi I have read
Perfect Passive Participle (Supine):
lectum read
Indicative Mood
1. Present Tense
Singular
lego I read
legis you read
legit he reads
Plural
legimus we read
legitis you (pl.) read
legunt they read
2. Perfect Tense
Singular
legi I have read
legisti you have read
legit he has read
Plural
legimus we have read
legistis you (pl.) have read
legerunt they have read
3. Imperfect Tense
Singular
legebam I did read
legebas you did read
legebat he did read
Plural
legebamus we did read
legebatis you (pl.) did read
legebant they did read
4. Pluperfect Tense
Singular
legeram I had read
legeras you had read
legerat he had read
Plural
legeramus we had read
legeratis you (pl.) had read
legerant they had read
5. Future Tense
Singular
legam I shall read
leges you will read
leget he will read
Plural
legemus we shall read
legetis you (pl.) will read
legent they will read
6. Future Perfect Tense
Singular
legero I shall have read
legeris you will have read
legerit he will have read
Plural
legerimus we shall have read
legeritis you (pl.) will have read
legerint they will have read
Conjunctive Mood
1. Present Tense
Singular
legam I may read
legas you may read
lagat he may read
Plural
legamus we may read
legatis you (pl.) may read
legant they may read
2. Perfect Tense
Singular
legerim I might have read
legeris you might have read
legerit he might have read
Plural
legerimus we might have read
legeritis you (pl.) might have read
legerint they might have read
3. Imperfect Tense
Singular
legirem I might read
legires you might read
legiret he might read
Plural
legiremus we might read
legiretis you (pl.) might read
legirent they might read
4. Pluperfect Tense
Singular
legissem I might had read
legisses you might had read
legisset he might had read
Plural
legissemus we might had read
legissetis you (pl.) might had read
legissent they might had read
Imperative Mood
1. Present or Future Tense
Singular
— —
legi or legito read
legito let him read
Plural
— —
legite or legitote read (pl.)
legunto let them read
Infinitives
1. Present:
legire to read
2. Perfect:
legisse to have read
3. Future:
lecturus esse to be about to read
4. Fut. Perfect:
lecturus fuisse to have read hereafter
Participles
1. Present:
legens reading
2. Future:
lecturus about to read
Gerund
Genitive:
legendi of reading
Dative:
legendo for reading
Accusative:
legendum reading
Ablative:
legendo by reading
Supine
Genitive:
—
Dative:
—
Accusative:
lectum to read
Ablative:
lectu to read
