Year 4A · Grade 6: I Can and Do Not

Learn possum, potes, and potest, and the warning noli or nolite plus a to-form.

Practice this lesson

What to notice

• possum
• noli
• nolite

Explanation

Possum means I can. Potes means you can. Potest means he or she can. Non possum means I cannot.

Noli timere tells one person, do not be afraid. Nolite currere tells more than one person, do not run. Noli and nolite borrow the to-form from Year 3. Volo, eo, and fero stay words to meet in a story, not charts in this lesson.

Examples

• Possum ambulare. — I can walk. Possum plus a to-form.
• Non possum. — I cannot. Non makes it negative.
• Noli timere! — Do not be afraid! To one person.
• Nolite currere! — Do not run! To more than one person.

Latin in this lesson

• possum — I can
• potes — you can
• potest — he can
• Non possum. — I cannot.
• Noli timere! — Do not be afraid!
• Nolite currere! — Do not run!