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:;51 THE V r EEB.—CONJUGATION. 109184.—§ 51. CONJUGATION OF REGULAR VERBS.1. Regular Verbs are those in which the secondary partsare formed from the primary, according to certain rules, 185.2. The Conjugation of a verb, is the regular combinationand arrangement of its several voices, moods, tenses, numbers,and persons.3. Of regular verbs, in Latin, there are four conjugations,called the First, Second, Third, and Fourth. These are distinguishedfrom each other, by the vowel before re, in thepresent infinitive active ;thus,The First Conjugation has a long before re of the infinitive.The Second "has e long before re of the infinitive.The Third "has e short before re of the infinitive.The Fourth "has I long before re of the infinitive.Fxc. Dare, and its compounds of the first conjugation, havea short.4. The primary tenses, or parts of the verb in the activevoice, from which all the other parts are formed, are fournamely, o of the present indicative, re of the present infinitive,i of the perfect indicative, and um of the supine. The givingof these parts, in the order just mentioned, is called conjugatingthe verb; thus,Pres. Lid. Pres. Inf. Perf. hid. 1st. Supine.1st Conj. Amo, amare, amavi, amatum.2ditMoneo, monere, monui, monitum.3d aRego, regere, rexi, rectum.4thc