pudair
See also: pùdair
Romansch
Alternative forms
- (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) puder
- (Surmiran) pudeir
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *potēre, for Latin possum, posse. The Latin infinitive potere was formed analogically in post-classical Latin from the present participle, potens, potentis. (4th century, found in the Vetus Latina).
Verb
pudair
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) to be able (to)
- pos ti nudar?
- can you swim?
- jau poss nudar
- I can swim
- pos ti nudar?
Conjugation
| infinitive | pudair | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | pudend | ||||||
| past participle | pudì m, pudidas f, pudids m pl, pudidas f pl | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jau | ti | el/ella/ins | nus | vus | els/ellas | |
| present | poss | pos | po | pudain | pudais | pon | |
| imperfect | pudeva | pudevas | pudeva | pudevan | pudevas | pudevan | |
| conditional | pudess | pudessas | pudess | pudessan | pudessas | pudessan | |
| subjunctive | che jau | che ti | ch'el/ch'ella/ch'ins | che nus | che vus | ch'els/ch'ellas | |
| possia | possias | possia | possian | possias | possian | ||