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How do you say can in Latin?

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You use some form of posse, "to be able," plus the infinitive of a verb. For example, if you wanted to say "can sing" ("to sing" = canere), the present tense forms would be:

possum canere - "I can sing"

potes canere - "You [singular] can sing"

potest canere - "He, she, or it can sing"

possumus canere - "We can sing"

potestis canere - "You [plural] can sing"

possunt canere - "They can sing"

It would also be possible to use the verb scire ("to know") instead of posse. This would convey "can" in the sense of "know how to . . .". The forms of scire in the present tense are scio, scis, scit, scimus, scitis, sciunt.

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