Present Tense: audire

Level 2

The endings of audire, and three verbs that follow it.

How It Works

PersonLatinEnglish
IaudioI hear
you (one)audisyou hear
he, she, itaudithears
weaudimuswe hear
you (several)auditisyou hear
theyaudiuntthey hear

The same endings serve venio (come), dormio (sleep), scio (know) and nescio (not know).

Written without macrons, venit can mean he comes (present) or he came (perfect). The sentence tells you which one: Marcus venit in a story about today is the present.

Audio sounds like OW-dee-oh in both journeys, because au sounds like ow.

The i of this conjugation is long, which is why the infinitive is stressed on it: ow-DEE-reh.

Examples (5)

  1. Ego audio.

    I hear.

    Audio is the first person singular.

  2. Marcus audit.

    Marcus hears.

    Audit is the third person singular.

  3. Iulia ad forum venit.

    Iulia comes to the forum.

    Venit is present here, as the sentence shows.

  4. Nos in villa dormimus.

    We sleep in the house.

    Dormimus is the first person plural.

  5. Pueri audiunt, sed vos dormitis.

    The boys are listening, but you all are sleeping.

    Audiunt is the third person plural. Dormitis is the second person plural.

Common Mistakes

  • Leaving out the i in the third person plural.

    Pueri audunt.
    Pueri audiunt.

    Fourth conjugation verbs keep the i in the third person plural: audiunt.

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Present Tense: audireLevel 2

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Audire shares the -io and -iunt endings of capere, so capere comes first.

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audio-io