are never the same.]

_124._ DIALOGUE

THE BOYS SEXTUS AND MARCUS

First learn the special vocabulary, p. 287.

S. Ubi es, Marce? Ubi est Quintus? Ubi estis, amici?
M. Cum Quinto, Sexte, in silva sum. Non soli sumus; sunt in silva
multi alii pueri.
S. Nunc laetus es, sed nuper non laetus eras. Cur miser eras?
M. Miser eram quia amici mei erant in alio vico et eram solus. Nunc
sum apud socios meos. Nunc laeti sumus et erimus.
S. Eratisne in ludo hodie?
M. Hodie non eramus in ludo, quod magister erat aeger.
S. Eritisne mox in ludo?
M. Amici mei ibi erunt, sed ego (_I_) non ero.
S. Cur non ibi eris? Magister, saepe iratus, inopiam tuam studi
diligentiaeque non laudat.
M. Nuper aeger eram et nunc infirmus sum.

_125._ EXERCISE

1. You are, you were, you will be, (_sing. and plur._). 2. I am, I was,
I shall be. 3. He is, he was, he will be. 4. We are, we were, we shall
be. 5. They are, they were, they will be.

6. Why were you not in school to-day? I was sick. 7. Lately he was a
sailor, now he is a farmer, soon he will be a teacher. 8. To-day I am
happy, but lately I was wretched. 9. The teachers were happy because of
the boys' industry.

[Illustration: PUERI ROMANI IN LUDO]

LESSON XIX

THE FOUR REGULAR CONJUGATIONS
PRESENT ACTIVE INDICATIVE OF _AMO:_ AND _MONEO:_

_126._ There are four conjugations of the regular verbs. These
conjugations are distinguished from each other by the final vowel of the
present conjugation-stem.[1] This vowel is called the _distinguishing
vowel_, and is best seen in the present infinitive.

[Footnote 1: The _stem_ is the body of a word to which the
terminations are attached. It is often identical with the base (cf.
Sec. 58). If, however, the stem ends in a vowel, the latter does not
appear in the base, but is variously combined with the inflectional
terminations. This point is further explained in Sec. 230.]

Below is given the _present infinitive_ of a verb of each conjugation,
the _present stem_, and the _distinguishing vowel._

DISTINGUISHING
CONJUGATION PRES. INFIN. PRES. STEM VOWEL
I. ama:'re, _to love_ ama:- a:
II. mone:'re, _to advise_ mone:- e:
III. re'gere, _to rule_ rege- e
IV. audi:'re, _to hear_ audi- i:

_a._ No