Verbs: Which conjugation is it in? Part 1

I've recently been fielding some questions about verb conjugation. As in: how do I know what conjugation any given verb is in. No problem.

Since you are memorizing the principal parts of verbs (and you should), you will probably have noticed the patterns in the chart.

	1st Conj	2nd Conj	3rd Conj	3io	4th Conj
1st and 2nd principal part endings	-ō/-āre	-eō/-ēre	-ō/-ere	-iō/-ere	-iō/īre

And really, that's about all there is to it. If your verb has the -ō/-āre pattern, it's first conjugation. Very, very simple. There are no tricks. You can even ignore the macrons!

Next up: a quiz.