No. 4,844 in Catalan
sumés
"Sumés" in Catalan means "submissive" in English.
In a sentence
Si cal, sumés més esforços al projecte.
If necessary, I would add more effort to the project.
In this sentence, 'sumés' functions as the first-person singular imperfect subjunctive form of the verb 'sumar', typically used in conditional or hypothetical scenarios.
Era important que ell sumés tots els diners correctament.
It was important that he added all the money correctly.
Here, 'sumés' serves as the third-person singular imperfect subjunctive form of 'sumar', expressing an action desired or necessary in a specific past context.
No volgueren que jo sumés cap més problema.
They did not want me to add any more problems.
In this instance, 'sumés' acts again as the first-person singular imperfect subjunctive of 'sumar', indicating an action potentially performed by the speaker within a negated context.
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