Lesson 2: Verb Conjugation

• Conjugation
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The verbal noun, “Conjugation,” is used in 2 senses to mean: 1) the activity of conjugating and 2) the things conjugated. 

1. “Conjugation” = conjugating = marking a verb to agree with its Subject.
2. “Conjugation” = the things conjugated = the array of forms a verb can take with respect to its possible Subjects. 

Conjugated verbs agree with their Subjects in 2 ways: in Person and Number. In English, a verb’s Subjects can be one of 3 Persons (1st, 2nd or 3rd) in 2 Numbers (Singular or Plural).

• 1st Person — the speaker is the Subject: “I” or “We”
• 2nd Person — the addressee is the Subject: “You” or “You all”
• 3rd Person — someone else is the Subject: “He / She / It” or “They”

Answer the following question in the box below. (In addition, if anything in the video was unclear or you have any feedback about it, please provide it in the space below.)

• ​What happens to a final -a Present stem in the 1st person forms?
  
• What happens to the same stem in the 3rd personal plural?