Chapter 10: Introduction

In this chapter, you will learn:

• The LAST of the REGULAR conjugations: the 4th Conjugation and the 3rd Conjugation -iö Verbs.
  
  
• The 4th Conjugation is illustrated by the paradigm of audiö, audïre, audïvï, audïtum - "to hear".
  
  The 4th Conjugation is characterized by the long stem vowel -ï. The -ï is present in all forms of the Present System (present, future, imperfect). As in other conjugations with long stem vowels, it is shortened to -i in front of other vowels and before "t".
  
  
• The 3rd Conjugation -iö Verbs are illustrated by the paradigm of capiö, capere, cëpï, captum - "to take, seize".
  
  These particular verbs of the 3rd Conjugation are formed like the 4th Conjugation verbs in the Present System, except the "i" is always short.

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