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“Sum”. Latin I 2013. “SUM”. “Sum” is the “to be” verb. Like other languages, including English, “sum” is an irregular verb in Latin. Let’s look at “be” in English first. See how its forms are all different in the singular?. Present Tense: SUM text p. 109.
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“Sum” Latin I 2013
“SUM” • “Sum” is the “to be” verb. • Like other languages, including English, “sum” is an irregular verb in Latin. • Let’s look at “be” in English first. See how its forms are all different in the singular?
Present Tense: SUMtext p. 109 These are stand-alone words, not endings.
“SUM” in action! • Nauta sum. • Estregina. • Es agricola bonus. • Suntmali. • Sumusparvi. • Estisreginae. • I am a sailor. • She is a queen. • You are a good farmer. • They are bad. • We are small. • Y’all are queens.
Imperfect Tense: ERAMtext p. 181 These are stand-alone words, not endings.
“ERAM” in action! • Nautaeram. • Eratregina. • Eras agricola bonus. • Erantmali. • Eramusparvi. • Eratisreginae. • I was a sailor. • She was a queen. • You were a good farmer. • They were bad. • We were small. • Y’all were queens.
Future Tense: EROtext p. 127 (1st chart only) These are stand-alone words, not endings.
“ERO” in action! • Nautaero. • Eritservus. • Eris agricola bonus. • Eruntlaeti (happy). • Numeruseritparvus. • Victoria erit grata. • I will be a sailor. • He will be a slave. • You will be a good farmer. • They will be happy. • The number will be small. • Victory will be pleasing.
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