Suburani 05 Irregular Verbs Intro

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Suburani 05 Irregular Verbs Intro

Last updated 27 days ago

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Irregular verbs are verbs that do not follow the patterns of regular verb conjugations. You will have to memorize the forms individually, since the usual patterns do not apply.
You already know one irregular verb: sum, esse ("to be"). Let's start by reviewing it. Complete the verb synopsis below.

LATIN
           singular                  plural
1st     _______                  _______        
2nd    _______                  _______        
3rd     _______                  _______

ENGLISH
           singular                  plural
1st     _______                  _______        
2nd    _______                  _______        
3rd     _______                  _______

infinitive: LATIN _______ 

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infinitive: ENGLISH _______ 

Another important irregular verb looks a lot like sum, esse ("to be"). 
When the prefix pos- or pot- ("able") is added to sum, esse ("to be"), it means "to be able."
The principal parts look like this: possum, posse ("to be able").

Using your knowledge of verb endings and of sum, match each form of possum, posse ("to be able") to its translation.

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
potes		I am able
potest		you (sing.) are able
potestis		she is able
possum		we are able
possumus		you (pl.) are able
possunt		they are able
posse		to be able

Sort the forms of possum, posse ("to be able") based on whether they start with pos- or pot-.

possumus
potestis
potest
posse
potes
possunt
possum

pos-
pot-

Do you see a pattern to which verbs have the prefix pot- and which have pos-? Explain.

Can you think of any English words that start with pos- or pot- and have meaning to do with being "able"? NOTE: There are lots of possible answers. Some have to do with "power," because if you have the "power" to do something, you are "able" to do it.