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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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