This is a follow-up on a verb used in the video in the previous post.
The verb sciō, scīre
[4]: know has an opposite: nesciō, nescīre [4]: not know
i.e. the verb itself expresses negation with no need for nōn before
it.
nesciō: I don’t know; *nōn
sciō is wrong
In part, the verb volō,
velle: want has a negative equivalent …
nōlō, nōlle: not want
In the video, Vincent said:
Nōlō domī
manēre et domīre: I don’t want to stay at home and sleep.
Parts of this verb are
formed with a single word, and parts of it use nōn like the
negative of any other verb:
velle (want) ¦ nōlle (not
want)
volō: I want ¦ nōlō:
I don’t want [i.e. *nōn volō is wrong]
vīs: you (sg.) want ¦ nōn vīs:
you (sg.) don’t want
vult: he / she / it wants
¦ nōn vult: he / she / it doesn’t want
volumus: want ¦ nōlumus:
we don’t want
vultis: you (pl.) want
¦ nōn vultis: you (pl.) don’t want
volunt: they want ¦ nōlunt:
they don’t want
The present, imperfect and
future forms of the verb (the three tenses covered so far) are posted below.
You will see that, in the imperfect and future tenses, the idea is expressed by
a single word; nōn is not used at all.
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