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Wheelock's FAQ chapter 29: Questions

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Category: Vocabulary
VOC
Would someone be willing to translate for me the Present and Imperfect Subjunctive of "Sum" and "Possum" from Latin to English? I've read Chapter 29's lesson but still have no idea how to translate into English confidently and there aren't very many sample sentences to learn from on how to use and translate them.

Wheelock's FAQ chapter 29: Answers

Category: Vocabulary
VOC:
Would someone be willing to translate for me the Present and Imperfect Subjunctive of "Sum" and "Possum" from Latin to English? I've read Chapter 29's lesson but still have no idea how to translate into English confidently and there aren't very many sample sentences to learn from on how to use and translate them.
A:

Meredith's answer:

sim
  May I be (or let me be, or I may be)
  May you be (Be you, You may be)
  May he, she or it be (Let him, her or it be, he, she or it may be)
  May we be (Let us be, we may be)
  May y'all be (Be y'all, y'all may be)
  May they be (Let them be, they may be)
possim
  May I be able (Let me be able, I may be able)
  May you be able) (Be able, you may be able)
  May he, she, or it be able (Let him, her or it be able, he, she or it may be able)
  May we be able (Let us be able, we may be able)
  May y'all be able (Be y'all able, y'all may be able)
  May they be able (Let them be able, they may be able)
I should be (I ought to be)
  You should be (You ought to be)
  He, she or it should be (He, she or it ought to be)
  We should be, (We ought to be)
  Y'all should be, (Y'all ought to be)
  They should be (They ought to be)
possem
  I should be able (I ought to be able)
  You should be able (You ought to be able)
  He, she or it should be able (He, she or it ought to be able)
  We should be able (We ought to be able)
  Y'all should be able (Y'all ought to be able)
  They should be able (They ought to be able)
In some dialects of English, you could also translate "possim" as
  I may could
  You may could
  He, she or it may could
  We may could
  Y'all may could
  They may could
and "possem" as
  I might could
  You might could
  He, she or it might could
  We might could
  Y'all might could
  They might could

Last updated Thu Nov 13 17:13:11 GMT 2003

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