[Sca-cooks] Language, was Scappi

[A F Murphy]

Like the verb "To Be" in English?

I am
You are (or, in period, Thou art, which won't turn up in most modern
dictionaries...)
He/she/it is
We are
They are
You are

Where did we get "Be" out of that one? *G* And it surely is ;-)  a
common word!

Anne


Louise Smithson wrote:

>
>As to suggestions for translations.  I would say that
>one of the most critical is to learn your verb
>conjugations.  I.E. learn to recognize the root word
>under the conjugated one.  For example: The modern
>Italian verb AVERE (to have) conjugates as follows:
>Io HO - I have
>Tu HAI - You have
>Lui HA - he has
>noi ABBIAMO - we have
>voi AVETE - you (pl) have
>lorro HANNO - they have
>Without knowing the conjugation of the verb it is very
>hard to find the root word in the dictionary.  The
>worst thing is that the most commonly used verbs are
>the ones that are the most irregular.
>