Friday, April 26, 2024

05.04.24: working with different tenses

From the previous text:

Postrīdiē caelum serēnum erat. On the following day the sky was clear.

Nūper, dum Marcus et Alexander mēcum erant... Recently, while Mark and Alexander were with me...

Quotā horā paratī eritis? At what time will you be ready?

Quotā hōrā cēnāre poteritis? At what time will you be able to have dinner?

The more Latin you read, the more that different tenses will be thrown at you! Here are the irregular verbs sum, esse: be, and possumposse: to be able in the three tenses covered so far in the posts. You can see that possumposse is essentially the same verb as sumesse with pot- or pos- (referring to ability).

 






 

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