Latin Irregular Verbs Quiz and Flashcards

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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

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 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 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 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 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 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.

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