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Rh The four following types include all verbs belonging to the first conjugation:—

Principal Parts.

N.B.—No notice need be taken of the variation in form of verbal nouns, as they cannot be reduced to any rule, but must be learned for each verb. The ending or  is that most frequently found, but there are numerous other endings. (See pars. 315 and 316).

(1) and (2) are the types for all verbs of the first conjugation whose stem ends in a broad consonant; whilst (3) and (4) are the types for the verbs of the same conjugation whose stem ends in a slender consonant.