Present Tense and Present Infinitive of Sum
The Most Notorious Verb to Be NO, not the B I GThe VERB TO BE
The Essential “to be” Irregular in any language In Latin- the endings are actually regular but the stem is irregular
Present Tense of Sum SingularPlural First Person sumI amsumusWe are Second Person esYou areestisY’all are Third Person ests/he/it is/ there is suntThey are/ther e are
Exercise 1 in Packet Druidēs sunt virī māgnī. Estis Druidēs: exampla bona docētis et fābulās nārrātis. Nōn sumus Druidēs. Vir iūstus sum. Ego autem sum māgnus āthlēta. Tū nōn es āthlēta; tū es poēta. Liber est bonus.
Jeet jet? Naw, jew?
Possum Possum was born from the same slurring. Possum is from a slurring between the adjective potis (“able”) and sum. Did you eat yet? No, did you?
Present Tense of Possum SingularPlural First Person PossumI am Possumus We are Second Person PotesYou arePotestisY’all are Third Person Potests/he/it is/ there is PossuntThey are/ther e are
Exercise 3 in Packet (Nōs/ we) Puerōs docēre ______________. (Tū) Scientiam māgnam habēre____________. (Ego) Memoriam firmāre_________________. (Illī/they) Sacra Gallōrum cūrāre nōn_______________. (Ille/he) Druidēs (accusative) amāre nōn_______________. (Tū) Druidēs timēre__________________.