The fourth conjugation is very predictable as far as recognizing it: usually the principal parts end in -io, -ire, -i(v)i, -itum.
The present forms take the stem from the second principal part (audi-) and add the personal endings: -o, -s, -t, -mus, -tis, -nt. The third plural only has the letter u before the i of the stem: audiunt.
The imperfect is like all the other conjugations except there is -ie- before the -bam, -bas, -bat, etc.
The future is like the third conjugation except there is -i- before the -e-: audiam, audies, audiet, audiemus, audietis, audient.
-- Third cojugation -io verbs behave just like fourth conjugation verbs, but with fewer long marks.
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