This is the 4844th most frequent Catalan word.
sumés
"Sumés" in Catalan means "submissive" in English.
In this sentence, 'sumés' functions as the first-person singular imperfect subjunctive form of the verb 'sumar', typically used in conditional or hypothetical scenarios.
Si cal, sumés més esforços al projecte.
If necessary, I would add more effort to the project.
Here, 'sumés' serves as the third-person singular imperfect subjunctive form of 'sumar', expressing an action desired or necessary in a specific past context.
Era important que ell sumés tots els diners correctament.
It was important that he added all the money correctly.
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.