19.12.24: Level 2; the passive voice [3]; the present passive; 3rd person singular and plural; pronunciation and stress

The passive endings for all the conjugations are the same, but if you want to pronounce Latin accurately then take a look at the changes in pronunciation and the vowel stress:

1st conjugation

láudăt > lăudātur i.e. the stress shifts and /a/ is lengthened [lAU-dat > lau-dAH-tur]

láudănt > lăudántur i.e. the stress shifts [lAU-dant > lau-dAn-tur]

i.e. in spoken Classical Latin there was a distinct pronunciation difference; if, however, you are only wanting to read the language, then this is not a major point although, if you are dealing with CL poetry, then vowel lengths and stresses will matter. Stress marks e.g. ó or ŏ are only used here to show the changes; they are not written in CL apart from when analysing poetry.

2^nd conjugation

dócĕt │ he / she teaches > dŏcētur [dO-cet > do-cÉ-tur] │ he / she is (being) taught

dócĕnt │ they teach > dŏcéntur [dO-cent > do-cEn-tur] │ they are (being) taught

3^rd and 3^rd-iō conjugations; note the difference in the singular and plural forms

singular

dūcit │ he / she leads > dūcitur [no change: dU-cit > dU-ci-tur] │ he / she is (being) led

cápit │ he / she captures > cápitur [no change: cA-pit > cA-pi-tur] │ he / she is (being) captured

plural

dūcunt │ they lead > dūcúntur [dU-cunt > du-cUn-tur]│ they are (being) led

cápiunt │they capture > căpiúntur [cA-pi-unt > ca-pi-Un-tur] │they are (being) captured

4^th conjugation

áudĭt │ he / she hears > ăudītur [AU-dit > au-dEE-tur] │ he / she is (being) heard

áudĭunt │ they hear > ăudiúntur [AU-di-unt > au-di-Un-tur] │ they are (being) heard