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andyklaj1985
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18 June 2009 at 6:46am | IP Logged

Hi im trying to decline a second conjugation verb in latin but i cant seem to understand the answer that is given in the book.

the verb is "sit"
I want the 3rd Person, Plural, Perfect Indicative Active of this verb.

Following the instructions of my book I would have thought that the answer would be seduerunt, but the book apparently the correct answer is sederunt. Why is this so?

Any help would be greatly appreciated (I dont know anyone who can understand latin)

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18 June 2009 at 7:58am | IP Logged

andyklaj1985 wrote:

Hi im trying to decline a second conjugation verb in latin but i cant seem to understand
the answer that is given in the book.

the verb is "sit"
I want the 3rd Person, Plural, Perfect Indicative Active of this verb.

Following the instructions of my book I would have thought that the answer would be seduerunt, but the book
apparently the correct answer is sederunt. Why is this so?

Any help would be greatly appreciated (I dont know anyone who can understand latin)

Your book is correct, the pattern for the 3rd Person Plural Perfect Indicative in the 2nd conjugation is [Perfect
Theme]+erunt.
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18 June 2009 at 1:24pm | IP Logged

Try Verbix or Allverbs (input 1.person singular present indicative of any Latin verb in both, - and both are useful also for a host of other languages)
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18 June 2009 at 6:40pm | IP Logged

andyklaj1985 wrote:

the verb is "sit"

I don't know any latin, but I am curious about this verb. By comparison with Spanish and other romance languages I would have thought that latin verbs all end in -er, -ir, -re or some such. Is "sit" the infinitive form, and what is the meaning of this verb ?
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18 June 2009 at 7:22pm | IP Logged

Hencke wrote:

andyklaj1985 wrote:

the verb is "sit"

I don't know any latin, but I am curious about this verb. By comparison with Spanish and other romance languages I
would have thought that latin verbs all end in -er, -ir, -re or some such. Is "sit" the infinitive form, and what is the
meaning of this verb ?

He meant the Latin for "to sit", which is "sedere"

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