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Note that ancient orthography did not distinguish between i and j or between u and v. Many modern works distinguish u from v but not i from j. In this article both distinctions are shown as they are helpful when tracing the origin of English words. See also Latin Spelling And Pronunciation . NOUNS AND ADJECTIVES The citation form for nouns (the one normally shown in Latin dictionaries) is the nominative singular, but this typically does not exhibit the root form from which English derivatives from Latin nouns are generally derived. VERBS The citation form for verbs is the first person singular, present indicative active, for instance ''sum'' meaning ''I am''. English derivatives from Latin verbs are generally based on the present stem or the past stem. Many Latin verbs change the vowel of the first paragraph when combined with a preposition, as shown in the examples given below starting with a hyphen. For instance the word ''capiō'' (take) when combined with the preposition ''in'' gives the compound verb ''incipiō''. In some cases the compound forms show features lost from the simple verb, for instance the initial consonant cluster ''gn'' was simplified in the Latin verb ''gnōscō'' just as the ''k'' is no longer pronounced in the English equivalent ''know''. PREPOSITIONS USED TO FORM COMPOUND WORDS
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