Latin translating and Math!

How many ways are there to translate "laudat" into English?  Well, there's 3 (2 really) genders and 3 different present tenses.  3*3 = 9.  So it could be he/she/it praises, or does praise, or am is praising.

I have great sympathy for Latin-English translators.

On a side note, I've now started with the infamous declensions!  The 1st one is almost all female nouns.  Whoever decided the order must have been very chivalrous.  Ladies first! :)

Edit: four posts in and I already post a grammatical error.  Oops!