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LATIN PRESENT TENSE SONG

 

Here's a song which I developed for the 7th Grade Latin Class to help them learn the Present Tense of verbs:

 

(tune = "they’ll be comin’ ‘round the mountain")

CHORUS 

There’s a vowel before "s" "t" "mus" "tis" "nt"

There’s a vowel before "s" "t" "mus" "tis" "nt"

There’s a vowel before "s" "t" "mus" "tis" "nt"

"s" "t" "mus" "tis" "nt"

a vowel before "s" "t" "mus" "tis" "nt"

 

IN THE 1ST CONJUGATION IT’S AN "A" (& it’s long!)

IN THE 1ST CONJUGATION IT’S AN "A" (& it’s long!)

IN THE 1ST CONJUGATION, IN THE 1ST CONJUGATION,

IN THE 1ST CONJUGATION IT’S AN "A" (& it’s long!)

Repeat the CHORUS 

IN THE 2ND CONJUGATION IT’S AN "e" (& it’s long!)

IN THE 2ND CONJUGATION IT’S AN "e" (& it’s long!)

IN THE 2ND CONJUGATION, IN THE 2ND CONJUGATION,

IN THE 2ND CONJUGATION IT’S AN "e" (& it’s long!)

Repeat the CHORUS

For the 3rd conjugation a short "I" (unt)

For the 3rd conjugation a short "I" (unt)

For the 3rd conjugation, For the 3rd conjugation,

For the 3rd conjugation a short "I" (unt)

Repeat the CHORUS  

for the 4th conjugation it’s long "I" (with unt)

for the 4th conjugation it’s long "I" (with unt)

for the 4th conjugation, for the 4th conjugation

for the 4th conjugation it’s long "I" (with unt)

Repeat the CHORUS

There’s a vowel before "s" "t" "mus" "tis" "nt"

There’s a vowel before "s" "t" "mus" "tis" "nt"

There’s a vowel before "s" "t" "mus" "tis" "nt"

"s" "t" "mus" "tis" "nt"

a vowel before "s" "t" "mus" "tis" "nt"  

 

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