Using the word list

We have set out the word list for this tutorial in the same way as most Latin dictionaries. When you use the word list, you will be gaining the experience and confidence to use a dictionary. Concentrate on learning words marked with an asterisk* first.

Verbs are given in parts (called the principal parts ). Our example is tenere to hold:

The parts are always arranged in this order: sometimes part four is not given.

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	Remember
That parts one, two and three tell you: the ‘I’ form of the present tense, the infinitive and the ‘I’ form of the past tense respectively.

Knowing this, you will be able to look a verb up in a dictionary and conjugate it. Why not try looking up verbs in the word list for practice?

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	Which parts of a verb are given in a dictionary?