Irregular Verb sum esse fui futurus be absum

Irregular Verb sum esse fui futurus be absum abesse afui afuturus be absent adsum adesse adfui adfuturus be present possum posse potui --- be able Present sum es est sumus estis sunt Imperfect eram eras erat eramus eratis erant Future ero eris erit erimus eritis erunt Perfect fuisti fuit fuimus fuistis fuerunt Pluperfect fueram fueras fuerat fueramus fueratis fuerant Future Perfect fuero fueris fuerit fuerimus fueritis fuerint

possum = pot + sum pot = able sum = I am possum = I am able the letter “t” before the letter “s” changes to “s” potsum changes to possum Present possum I am able potes you are able potest he is able possumus we are able potestis you are able possunt they are able Imperfect poteram poteras poterat poteramus poteratis poterant Future I was able potero I shall be able you were able poteris you will be abl he was able poterit he will be able we were able poterimus we shall be able you were able poteritis you will be able they were able poterunt they will be able (Page 98)

The last three tenses for possum are regular. perfect stem = potu Perfect potuisti potuit potuimus potuistis potuerunt Pluperfect potueram potueras potuerat potueramus potueratis potuerant Future Perfect potuero potueris potuerit potuerimus potueritis potuerint cf. Page 377 The conjugation and translation of possum