Latin Verb Overview
The five different components that come together to show exactly what a Latin verb is communicating are person, number, tense, voice, and mood.
Person refers to the grammatical subject of a verb, number has to do with the number of people doing the action, tense refers to the time at which an action is taking place, and mood refers to the manner in which the action is being expressed.
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The Verb “To Be”
The irregular verb sum, esse, fuī, futūrus means “to be,” and is one of the most frequently used Latin verbs.
Latin frequently forms compounds with the verb esse and other prepositions and adjectives.
Forms of Esse (Present Tense)
sum, esse, fuī, futūrus |
Singular |
Plural |
1st. person |
sum |
sumus |
2nd. person |
es |
estis |
3rd. person |
est |
sunt |
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