Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *bhar- (??, someone correct me on this if wrong)
Latin
Pronunciation
Verb
(ferō, ferre, tulī, lātum)
- bear, carry
ferre is a very irregular verb whose principal parts come from several different words originally.
Participles
| Tense \ Voice
| Active
| Passive
|
| Present
| ferrēns
| ——
|
| Perfect
| ——
| lātus
|
| Future
| lātūrus
| ferrendus
|
Infinitives
| Tense \ Voice
| Active
| Passive
|
| Present
| ferre
| ferrī
|
| Perfect
| tulisse
| lātus esse
|
| Future
| lātūrus esse
| lātum īrī
|
Conjugation
Irregular, but resembling the third conjugation. (In the following table, irregularities are marked in bold.)
| Number
| Singular
| Plural
|
| Tense \ Person
| 1.
| 2.
| 3.
| 11.
| 22.
| 33.
|
I
n
d
i
c
a
t
i
v
e
| A
c
t
i
v
e
| Present
| ferō
| fers
| fert
| ferimus
| fertis
| ferunt
|
| Future
| feram
| ferēs
| feret
| ferēmus
| ferētis
| ferent
|
| Imperfect
| ferēbam
| ferēbās
| ferēbat
| ferēbāmus
| ferēbātis
| ferēbant
|
| Perfect
| tulī
| tulistī
| tulit
| tulimus
| tulistis
| tulērunt
|
| Future Perfect
| tulerō
| tuleris
| tulerit
| tulerimus
| tuleritis
| tulerint
|
| Pluperfect
| tuleram
| tulerās
| tulerat
| tulerāmus
| tulerātis
| tulerant
|
P
a
s
s
i
v
e
| Present
| feror
| ferris
| fertur
| ferimur
| feriminī
| feruntur
|
| Future
| ferar
| ferēris
| ferētur
| ferēmur
| ferēminī
| ferentur
|
| Imperfect
| ferēbar
| ferēbāris
| ferēbātur
| ferēbāmur
| ferēbāminī
| ferēbantur
|
| Perfect
| lātus1
sum
| lātus1
es
| lātus1
est
| lātī 2
sumus
| lātī 2
estis
| lātī 2
sunt
|
| Future Perfect
| lātus1
erō
| lātus1
eris
| lātus1
erit
| lātī 2
erimus
| lātī 2
eritis
| lātī 2
erunt
|
| Pluperfect
| lātus1
eram
| lātus1
erās
| lātus1
erat
| lātī 2
erāmus
| lātī 2
erātis
| lātī 2
erant
|
S
u
b
j
u
n
c
t
i
v
e
| A
c
t
i
v
e
| Present
| feram
| ferās
| ferat
| ferāmus
| ferātis
| ferant
|
| Imperfect
| fererem
| fererēs
| fereret
| fererēmus
| fererētis
| fererent
|
| Perfect
| tulerim
| tulerīs
| tulerit
| tulerīmus
| tulerītis
| tulerint
|
| Pluperfect
| tulissem
| tulissēs
| tulisset
| tulissēmus
| tulissētis
| tulissent
|
P
a
s
s
i
v
e
| Present
| ferar
| ferāris
| ferātur
| ferāmur
| ferāminī
| ferantur
|
| Imperfect
| fererer
| fererēris
| fererētur
| fererēmur
| fererēminī
| fererentur
|
| Perfect
| lātus1
sim
| lātus1
sīs
| lātus1
sit
| lātī 2
sīmus
| lātī 2
sītis
| lātī 2
sint
|
| Pluperfect
| lātus1
essem
| lātus1
essēs
| lātus1
esset
| lātī 2
essēmus
| lātī 2
essētis
| lātī 2
essent
|
| Imperative
| ——
| fer
| ——
| ——
| ferte
| ——
|
1 = lātus / lāta / lātum
2 = lātī / lātae / lāta
Note: if the irregular forms in bold were regular, they would be: feris, ferit, feritis, fereris, feritur. The infinitive "ferre" is itself irregular. If it were regular, it would be "ferere".
Related Terms
Many words with the roots -fer- and -lat- .
