amas
- plural of ama.
Example Sentences
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Paradigm, pre-Kuhn, referred merely to an example that serves an educational purpose; amo, amas, amat, for instance, is a paradigm for teaching conjugations in Latin.
From Scientific American ● May 23, 2012
Layoff, to a govt. worker 43. __, amas, amat 44.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Grace and I are just friends, Kojo. And ‘amo, amas, amat’ is Latin, not Spanish, although Spanish is considered one of the romance languages.”
From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein
“Amo, amas, you know, and runnin’ about like hooligans: what would you advise?”
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
In it the persons of the verb are distinguished by affixes, while, according to the rules of Mongolic grammar, no other dialect distinguishes in the verb between amo, amas, amat.
From Lectures on The Science of Language by Müller, Max
