Like any language, Latin has regular and irregular verbs. Regular verbs follow common rules when you conjugate them; irregular verbs follow their own rules. The following table shows some of the most used irregular verbs, their conjugations, and pronunciations:
Verb | Meaning |
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fero, ferre, tuli, latus (feh-ro, fehr-reh, tu-lee, lah-tus) | to bear, carry |
sum, esse, fui, futurus (sum, ehs-seh, fu-ee, fu-too-rus) | to be |
volo, velle, volui (woh-lo, woh-leh, woh-lu-ee) | to want |
nolo, nolle, nolui (no-lo, no-leh, no-lu-ee) | not to want |
malo, malle, malui (mah-lo, mah-leh, mah-lu-ee) | to prefer |
eo, ire, ii, iturus (eh-o, ee-reh, ih-ee, ih-too-rus) | to go |