00:07 Understanding irregular verbs is crucial for mastering Latin. 00:55 Irregular verb possum conjugation explained 01:48 Explaining the conjugation of the verb 'possum' 02:35 Irregularities of the verb possum 03:27 Irregular verbs 'possum, posse' explained with examples 04:19 Possum is a key irregular verb. 05:03 Irregular Verb 'possum' translates to 'to be able'. 05:55 Possum and its derivatives explained
Great UA-cam channel! Using my Covid time off to brush up on my high school latin--on a random note--you sound just like Ira Glass on NPR's "This american life"--this is meant as a compliment by the way...lol
Who are you? These videos are great. I've a little crush on your voice now! great quality recording and well edited information. I'm teaching myself latin, while living in France (and thus having to learn French too). But they say here that people who know Latin are better spellers in French because their pronunciation is so far from the original and their language is not phonetic. At least I speak spanish, so no problem with the trilled Rs. Looking forward to learning Italian afterwards and I hope that understanding declinations will help in German or Polish if I decide to tackle those languages too :-)
@@yoyoli95 I am no linguist but applying the same logic as in the video above, the perfect forms of posse can be explained as "pot-" + "perfect of esse": pot-fui, pot-fuisti, pot-fuit, ... When you pronounce the t/f-sound-cluster quickly and repeatedly, the f tends to weaken and finally disappear, which gives you "potu-" as the perfect stem.
Power po- from posse and wer from verits truth. That a truth is possible, is technically power but to different degrees. To make something happen that can happen,Just a thought.
Great question. potuī is from an obsolete Latin word †poteō, †potēre (where the † symbols mean that the word is theorized to have existed, but there is no written evidence of the word), which had the perfect tense of potuī (similar to moneō, monēre, monuī). We see evidence of this †poteō in other forms of possum, like the present participle potēns and the adverb potenter.
Apparently it has no imperative forms. So if you wanted to say "Be able!" would you just use the adjective+the imperative of sum or use a jussive subj. (possis / possit)? I guess that would sound pretty redundant to say "possit ire in urbem" vs. "eat in urbem" though.
I don't know why you would ever need an imperative form of possum. You can't logically command someone to be able to do something -- either he IS able to do it, or he isn't. You can't will someone else to have an ability over which he may not have any more control than you do.
@@legaleagle46 spanish goes even further, in portuguese, the "eu" form (first person singular) is still "posso", while in spanish, even that became to "puedo"
it lacks an imperative and there's no way to say be able, not even with verbs such as to be. To be just doesn't make sense anyway (if you truly think in Latin)
I tend to get reprimanded for speaking too slowly! It never hurts to rewatch and get a second viewing of it. But if you slow the video down to 0.75x, it doesn't make me sound very good!
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00:07 Understanding irregular verbs is crucial for mastering Latin.
00:55 Irregular verb possum conjugation explained
01:48 Explaining the conjugation of the verb 'possum'
02:35 Irregularities of the verb possum
03:27 Irregular verbs 'possum, posse' explained with examples
04:19 Possum is a key irregular verb.
05:03 Irregular Verb 'possum' translates to 'to be able'.
05:55 Possum and its derivatives explained
Clear as a bell
Great UA-cam channel! Using my Covid time off to brush up on my high school latin--on a random note--you sound just like Ira Glass on NPR's "This american life"--this is meant as a compliment by the way...lol
Wow, thank you! I had never thought of that. Good luck to you!
Who are you? These videos are great. I've a little crush on your voice now! great quality recording and well edited information. I'm teaching myself latin, while living in France (and thus having to learn French too). But they say here that people who know Latin are better spellers in French because their pronunciation is so far from the original and their language is not phonetic. At least I speak spanish, so no problem with the trilled Rs. Looking forward to learning Italian afterwards and I hope that understanding declinations will help in German or Polish if I decide to tackle those languages too :-)
Can someone help me with perfect tense on this verb?? I'm struggling.
potuī, potuistī, potuit, potuimus, potuistis, potuērunt. The perfect stem is potu-, and the endings are the perfect tense endings.
@@latintutorial Thank you SO MUCH!!!
@@yoyoli95
I am no linguist but applying the same logic as in the video above, the perfect forms of posse can be explained as "pot-" + "perfect of esse":
pot-fui, pot-fuisti, pot-fuit, ...
When you pronounce the t/f-sound-cluster quickly and repeatedly, the f tends to weaken and finally disappear, which gives you "potu-" as the perfect stem.
the possum is able to hide from me
I really love your way of teaching!!
Is there an order i shud watch these vids?
These are so well done. Thank you very much.
Hey, thanks!
6:00 yeah, French is a little more complicated (to explain the evolution of )
Doesn’t dare have a long “a” ?
It’s crazy but it doesn’t!
Enhorabuena por el vídeo.
Having a Latin test next week on book 2- u don't understand I much I have learnt from u!
I damn love you for making this playlist... time to cram!
Possum and sum have passive voices?
No.
Epenthetic ‐u‐
Power po- from posse and wer from verits truth. That a truth is possible, is technically power but to different degrees. To make something happen that can happen,Just a thought.
Stem es‐
-”- pot‐
‐u‐ interfix
The perfekt tense of posse would acctually be,, potfui" but it is not. It is potui. Why?
Great question. potuī is from an obsolete Latin word †poteō, †potēre (where the † symbols mean that the word is theorized to have existed, but there is no written evidence of the word), which had the perfect tense of potuī (similar to moneō, monēre, monuī). We see evidence of this †poteō in other forms of possum, like the present participle potēns and the adverb potenter.
A far simpler explanation is that the "f" of fui was simply assimilated to the "t" of "pot" in order to facilitate pronunciation.
Apparently it has no imperative forms. So if you wanted to say "Be able!" would you just use the adjective+the imperative of sum or use a jussive subj. (possis / possit)? I guess that would sound pretty redundant to say "possit ire in urbem" vs. "eat in urbem" though.
I don't know why you would ever need an imperative form of possum. You can't logically command someone to be able to do something -- either he IS able to do it, or he isn't. You can't will someone else to have an ability over which he may not have any more control than you do.
You are absolutely right. It doesn't even sound right in English to begin with.
In portuguese, we say: Eu POSSO fazer isso. (I`m able to do it)
It's the same in Italian: Io posso farlo.
in english australian the plural of you is youse
dang it i needed the present tense
anyone know what potuit is?
Perfect tense, 3rd person singular. “She/He could,” “was able,” or “has been able”.
@@latintutorial so would that mean that it would be the same? perfect and imperfect for first person singular?
Thank you. You teach so well. Gratius tibi ago (operibus tuis).
i have a Latin final tomorrow on Monday anyone have tips on what i should be prepared for in 8th grade for this final
keep the videos coming !!!
Italian: essere, potere, volere lol
In portuguese, the present tense of 2nd POTES is PODES, and T and D have almost the same sound, even in english. very interesting!
Spanish does the same thing: yo puedo, tú puedes, él/ella puede, nosotros podemos, vosotros podéis, ellos/ellas pueden.
t and d are the same sound,but differ only in voicing
@@legaleagle46 spanish goes even further, in portuguese, the "eu" form (first person singular) is still "posso", while in spanish, even that became to "puedo"
Wouldn't you use ba,ba,ba,ba,ba and bo,bi,bi,bi,bi,bu for the non-perfect tenses?
+Sorry, Goddard No, possum goes like sum in the imperfect and future.
So could I say that the sentence: Latine loquine potes?, is right? It should mean: Can you speak latin?
You should use num or none when expecting a yes or no question. Ne is optional but it also functions as "non."
it lacks an imperative and there's no way to say be able, not even with verbs such as to be. To be just doesn't make sense anyway (if you truly think in Latin)
wheres the perfect tense man
+Romaga_d No need. The perfect is regularly formed from the third principal part, potui.
#contraction
#irregular #irregular_present
I beg your pardon! Is it really necessary to speak so fast? The subject is new, so we must get it before going ahead.
I tend to get reprimanded for speaking too slowly! It never hurts to rewatch and get a second viewing of it. But if you slow the video down to 0.75x, it doesn't make me sound very good!
#apheresis #syncope
possum = potis sum
Litteras classicas Latinas legere non potui.
#epenthesis #epenthetic_u #interfix
#adjective potis