Future Tense: ducam, audiam

Level 3

The future of three conjugations, built on -am and -e-.

How It Works

Person	ducere	capere	audire
I	ducam	capiam	audiam
you	duces	capies	audies
he, she	ducet	capiet	audiet
we	ducemus	capiemus	audiemus
you all	ducetis	capietis	audietis
they	ducent	capient	audient

In the third conjugation one vowel separates the present from the future: ducit means he leads, and ducet means he will lead. Look at that vowel.

Capio and audio keep their i in every future form, as in the present (capiunt, audiunt), while duco has no i at all.

Do not mix the two future patterns. Ducam means I will lead, and amabo means I will love. The family decides which pattern to use.

Cras librum legam.
Tomorrow I will read a book.
Legam is the first person future: -am.
Marcus epistulam scribet.
Marcus will write a letter.
Scribet is the third conjugation future, with e before the t.
Iulia cibum capiet.
Iulia will take food.
Capiet keeps its i, as capio does.
Pueri magistrum audient.
The boys will listen to the teacher.
Audient is the fourth conjugation future: audi- plus -ent.
Dominus veniet et nos audiet.
The Lord will come and hear us.
Veniet and audiet are both fourth conjugation futures.

Using the -bo future with a third conjugation verb.
Marcus legebit.
Marcus leget.
Lego is third conjugation. The -bo future belongs to the first and second conjugations only.

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Future Tense: ducam, audiamLevel 3

The other families form the future differently from the -bo future, so that comes first.

Patterns that build on this one.

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