Latin: Verbs. Habēre. Present Active Quiz

The expression of possession in Latin was constructed with a dative personal pronoun and the sum verb agreeing in number. This construction is known as the "mihi est", and it literally means "is to me". The possession was thus expressed in a similar way to "a house is to me". The usage of possessive verbs such as habeo or teneo was later introduced and made popular. Do you recognize its conjugation? It's from the second paradigm!

Expressiō possessiōnis indicata est ab cōnstructiōnibus datīvae. Posteā est ūsum verba possessiōnis. Habēre est secunda dēclīnāta. Noscis hanc dēclīnātiōnem? Probā tuam scientiam.