The document discusses the present tense in Latin. It explains that the present tense is usually understood as non-completed and refers to an action that is ongoing or habitual. However, it can also be used for completed or near future events. It then provides a table outlining the active personal endings for the present indicative tense, including the singular and plural forms for the first, second, and third persons.
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1. Present
The present tense is usually understood to be non-completed. As
such it refers to an action that is being done over some time interval
or regularly as a habit, rather immediately or only once. It is
comparable to the present progressive in English.
However, it can also be used in a completed sense or even for events
in the near future.
2. Endings: Present Active Indicative
The active personal endings are ~ō, ~s, ~t, ~mus, ~tis, ~nt.
(In the order singular 1st, 2nd, 3rd; then plural 1st, 2nd, 3rd.)
Some tenses use ~m instead of ~ō though.
Add these to the infect stem. I II III III (~iō) IIII
1st
Person
Singular (I) ~ō ~eō ~ō ~iō ~iō
Plural (we) ~āmus ~ēmus ~imus ~imus ~īmus
2nd
Person
Singular (you) ~ās ~ēs ~is ~is ~īs
Plural (you all) ~ātis ~ētis ~itis ~imus ~ītis
3rd
Person
Singular (he|she|it)
~at ~et ~it ~it ~it
Plural (they) ~ant ~ent ~unt ~iunt ~iunt