Chapter 15 Notes
Irregular Verbs
Let’s first review the two irregular verbs we’ve met before:
Sum, Esse- To Be
Eo, ire- to go
Sum- I am
Es- You Are
Est- He/She/It is
Eo- I go
Is- You Go
It- He/She/It Goes
Sumus- We are
Estis- Y’all Are
Sunt-They are
Imus- We Go
Itis- Y’all Go
Eunt- They Go
Now we have two more irregular verbs, and they’re actually similar:
Volo, velle- To Want
Nolo, Nolle- To Not want
Volo- I want
Vis- You Want
Vult- He/She/It Wants
Nolo- I don’t want
Non vis- You don’t want
Non Vult- He/She/It doesn’t want
Volumus- We Want
Vultis- Ya’ll want
Volunt- They Want
Nolumus- We don’t want
Non Vultis- Y’all Don’t Want
Nolunt- They Don’t Want
Commands
A refresher on commands
In general, to make commands:
Singular- Take infinitive, drop the –re ex: Ama!
Plural- Swap the r in the infinitive with a t ex: Amate!
In four verbs, you actually drop off the whole –ere. Just know that if you see those, that they translate
just like any other command.
Some final Pronouns
Hic, Haec, Hoc- this
Much like our other demonstrative pronouns, the key here is that you don’t need to know all the forms,
but if you see some version of hic, haec, hoc, know that it means this.
Ipse, Ipsa, Ipsum- himself, herself, itself
This pronoun is almost like an adjective. Most of the time it’s paired with the noun it goes with.
Examples: Quintus himself, Horatia herself, the dog itself.
Like hic, haec, hoc, the most important thing with ipse is to know that it means himself/herself/itself,
and you translate it like whatever noun it is paired with is translated.