4. Conjugation of Verbs in the Simple Present and the Present Continuous Tense

  I am following this order, because it will help you to build simple Latin sentences. There is a key point in learning a new language: using vocabularies and grammar rules to communicate in a given language. Even though Latin is a dead language, you practice it by yourself, or with other people. Internet gives us many opportunities. I tell you; never study a language if you don't use it in some ways to describe your thoughts. Anyways, verbs have such an important mission in all language. They tell us what the subject does. I believe learning some basic verbs in this early stage will give a better understanding of Latin. Verbs are more complex in Latin than in English. I will try to simplify this complexity as much as I can. I am giving all conjugations of active indicative for the simple present and the present continuous tense in this post. There are more to mention about verbs. However, it's difficult to learn it one lesson. I will post about them later.
  How verbs are formed and what are the conjugations?
  Verbs change their endings according to the subject(e.g. I, you, he, she....), in other words, according to the person. It does not often occur in English. But, there are some cases: for instance, I do, she does or they go, it goes, and so forth... In Latin, verbs get their endings according to first person singular (I), second person singular (you), third person singular (he/she/it), first person plural (we), second person plural (you) and third person plural (they).  An important point to mention; unlike English, in a simple sentence in Latin, subjective pronouns (I, you...etc) is not mentioned separately. However, subject is mentioned, if it is a name of a person. For example, do from dare (to give) means I give (no subject!), and Marcus labōrat from labōrāre (to work) means Mark works (Subject is given, because it is a person's name). The ending of the verb lets us know the subject. There are four main patterns which form endings of the verbs.  They are called conjugations. All verbs are not conjugated in the same way. Now, we will learn conjugations of verbs in  the simple present, and in the present continuous tense. The simple present and the present continuous tense have the same structure in Latin. Lets say, they are the same in Latin.
 First Conjugation - stems in -a
  Verbs of this group end in -āre in their present infinitive form. If you want to use a verb of first conjugation in a sentence, remove the ending - āre, and place the following endings according to the subject:
    
      I                      -ō                    We                -ā.mus
     You                 -ā.s                You               -ā.tis
     He/ She/ It     -a.t                 They             -a.nt            
 
 Some examples:
 labōrāmus. - We work.
 Lucia lancēs lavārat. - Lucia washes the dishes.
 Second Conjugation - stems in -e
  Verbs of this group end in -ēre in their present infinitive form. Replace -ēre with following endings according to the subject:
     
      I                      -e.ō                We                 -ē.mus
     You                 -ē.s                You                -ē.tis
     He/ She/ It     -e.t                They               -e.nt
 
 Some examples:
 removēo - I am removing.
 Tiberius rīdet. - Tiberius is laughing.
 Third Conjugation - stems in consonants
  Verbs of this group end in -ere in their present infinitive form. Replace -ere with following endings according to the subject:
     
      I                      -ō                We                 -imus
     You                 -is               You                 -itis
     He/ She/ It     -it                They               -unt
 
 Some examples:
 regis. - You rule.
 Titus pilleum forō emit. -  Titus is buying a hat from the forum.
 Fourth Conjugation - stems in -i
 Verbs of this group end in -īre in their present infinitive form. Replace -īre with following endings
      
      I                      -i.ō               We                  -ī.mus
     You                 -ī.s               You                 -ī.tis
     He/ She/ It     -i.t                They               -i.unt
 
 Some examples:
 dormiunt. - They are sleeping.
 Lucius invenīs. - Lucius is finding.
 
  You can try it with different persos and verbs. I will post some verbs and nouns for you to expend your vocabulary knowledge. I will also post reading samples to increase reading comprehension and overall Latin fluency.