# How to conjugate desum, deesse, defui, defuturus in Latin?

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How do you do it?

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Conjugate it the same as you would sum, but put ‘de’ in front of it. For example:

desum desumus  
dees deestis  
deest desunt

You should also learn to find/use the [resources available to you](http://www.allverbs.com/cache/verbtables/9/D/Desum.shtml).

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> [@Yummy](#):
>
> Conjugate it the same as you would sum, but put ‘de’ in front of it. For example:
> 
> desum desumus  
> dees deestis  
> deest desunt
> 
> You should also learn to find/use the [resources available to you](http://www.allverbs.com/cache/verbtables/9/D/Desum.shtml).

thanks! I’m translating the Aeneid.

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Wow taking Latin. You must be super smart! I had trouble with Spanish so I had to drop it as a class 😛

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> [@Yummy](#):
>
> Conjugate it the same as you would sum, but put ‘de’ in front of it. For example:
> 
> desum desumus  
> dees deestis  
> deest desunt
> 
> You should also learn to find/use the [resources available to you](http://www.allverbs.com/cache/verbtables/9/D/Desum.shtml).

???