Latin Irregular Verbs Review

Irregular Verbs Review

• Fero, ferre, tuli, latus: The irregular verb meaning "to bring" or "to bear", with the following conjugations:

  • Present tense: Fero
  • Infinitive: Ferre
  • Past tense: Tuli
  • Past participle: Latus

• Volo, velle, volui: The irregular verb meaning "to want", with the following conjugations:

  • Present tense: Volo
  • Infinitive: Velle
  • Past tense: Volui

• Malo, malle, malui: The irregular verb meaning "to prefer", with the following conjugations:

  • Present tense: Malo
  • Infinitive: Malle
  • Past tense: Malui

• Nolo, nolle, nolui: The irregular verb meaning "to not want", with the following conjugations:

  • Present tense: Nolo
  • Infinitive: Nolle
  • Past tense: Nolui

• Fio, fieri, factus sum: The irregular verb meaning "to become" or "to happen", with the following conjugations:

  • Present tense: Fio
  • Infinitive: Fieri
  • Past tense: Factus sum

• Eo, ire, ivi/ii, itus: The irregular verb meaning "to go", with the following conjugations:

  • Present tense: Eo
  • Infinitive: Ire
  • Past tense: Ivi/ii
  • Past participle: Itus

Irregular Verbs Review

• Fero, ferre, tuli, latus means to bring, to bear, and is considered irregular due to its stem and ending irregularities in the present system, and a completely different root in the perfect system (tuli, tulisti, tulit).
• The supine (latus) also differs from the present and perfect stems.

Volo, Velle, Volui

• Volo means to want, and is considered irregular due to its present tense forms (volo, vis, vult) not following regular conjugation patterns.
• The imperfect (volebam, volebas) and future (valam, voles) forms also diverge from typical verb patterns.

Malo, Malle, Malui

• Malo means to prefer, and is considered irregular due to its present tense forms (malo, mavis, mavult) being irregular.
• The stem changes significantly in different tenses.

Nolo, Nolle, Nolui

• Nolo means to not want, and is considered irregular due to being derived from “non” + “volo”.
• The present tense forms (nolo, non vis, non vult) and the perfect (nolui, noluisti) show significant irregularity.

Fio, Fieri, Factus sum

• Fio means to become, to happen, and is considered irregular due to serving as the passive form of “facio” and having unique present tense forms (fio, fis, fit).
• It uses the perfect passive participle of “facio” (factus).

Eo, Ire, Ivi/Ii, Itus

• Eo means to go, and is considered irregular due to its present tense forms (eo, is, it) and compounds being irregular.
• The perfect tense (ivi/ii, ivisti/iisti) shows significant variation.

Summary of Irregularities

• Irregular verbs often have different stems in different tenses.
• Some irregular verbs use unique endings that are not typical for their conjugation group.

Principal Parts

• Fero: Fero, Ferre, Tuli, Latus
• Volo: Volo, Velle, Volui
• Malo: Malo, Malle, Malui
• Nolo: Nolo, Nolle, Nolui
• Fio: Fio, Fieri, Factus sum
• Eo: Eo, Ire, Ivi/Ii, Itus

This quiz reviews Latin irregular verbs, including their conjugations and meanings. Practice your Latin skills with this exercise!