This verb has been discussed a lot in previous posts and it is one that you need to know well.
https://adckl.blogspot.com/2024/04/160324-eo-ire-irregular-go-compounds-of.html
The
verb is classified as irregular, but it shares certain features of 4th
conjugation verbs. Below is the 4th conjugation verb audiō, audīre alongside eō, īre and you can see how close the
endings match. In the present tense, most of eō, īre simply looks like the endings
of the 4th conjugation
audīre [4]: to hear │ īre: to go
audiō: I hear │ eō: I go
audīs: you (sg.) hear │īs: you (sg.)
audit: (s)he / it hears │it: (s)he / it goes
audīmus: we hear │īmus: we go
audītis: you (pl.) hear │ ītis: you (pl.) go
audiunt: they hear │ eunt: they go
- Nōs ad lūdum īmus. │We go / we’re going to school.
- Omnēs ad Mārcum eunt. │ Everyone (all people i.e. plural) goes to(wards) Marcus.
Imperative / command
forms:
audī! (sg.): listen! │ī! (a one letter command): go!
audīte! (pl.): listen! │īte!: go!
And all the fans of
Python’s ‘Life of Brian’ know it.
Rōmānī, īte domum! │
Romans, go home!
Image #1: review of eō, īre in the present tense
Image #2: can you
match them up?
Image #3: If you want
to tell the Romans to go home, this is how you do it!
