te that the present stem of each conjugation is found by
dropping -re, the ending of the present infinitive.

NOTE. The present infinitive of /sum\ is /esse\, and es- is the
present stem.

_127._ From the present stem are formed the _present_, _imperfect_, and
_future_ tenses.

_128._ The inflection of the Present Active Indicative of the first and
of the second conjugation is as follows:

a'mo:, ama:'re (_love_) mo'neo:, mone:'re (_advise_)
PRES. STEM ama:- PRES. STEM mone:-

SINGULAR PLURAL PERSONAL ENDINGS
1. a'mo:, _I love_ mo'neo:, _I advise_ -o:
2. a'ma:s, _you love_ mo'ne:s, _you advise_ -s
3. a'mat, _he (she, it) loves_ mo'net, _he (she, it) advises_ -t

1. ama:'mus, _we love_ mone:'mus, _we advise_ -mus
2. ama:'tis, _you love_ mone:'tis, _you advise_ -tis
3. a'mant, _they love_ mo'nent, _they advise_ -nt

1. The present tense is inflected by adding the personal endings to
the present stem, and its first person uses -o and not -m. The
form /amo:\ is for /ama-o:\, the two vowels /a-o:\ contracting to
/o:\. In /moneo:\ there is no contraction. _Nearly all regular verbs
ending in -eo belong to the second conjugation._

2. Note that the long final vowel of the stem is shortened before
another vowel (mone:-o: = mo'neo:), and before final -t (amat,
monet) and -nt (amant, monent). Compare Sec. 12.2.

_129._ Like /amo:\ and /moneo:\ inflect the present active indicative of
the following verbs[2]:

[Footnote 2: The only new verbs in this list are the five of the
second conjugation which are starred. Learn their meanings.]

INDICATIVE PRESENT INFINITIVE PRESENT
a'ro, _I plow_ ara're, _to plow_
cu'ro, _I care for_ cura're, _to care for_
*de:'leo:, _I destroy_ de:le:'re, _to destroy_
desi'dero, _I long for_ desidera're, _to long for_
do,[3] _I give_ da're, _to give_
*ha'beo:, _I have_ habe:'re, _to have_
ha'bito, _I live, I dwell_ habita're, _to live, to dwell_
*iu'beo:, _I order_ iube:'re, _to order_
labo'ro, _I labor_ labora're, _to labor_
lau'do, _I praise_ lauda're, _to praise_
matu'ro, _I hasten_ matura're, _to hasten_
*mo'veo:, _I move_ move: