Ego saepe cogito utrum amica mea cras ventura sit.

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Breakdown of Ego saepe cogito utrum amica mea cras ventura sit.

• esse: to be
• saepe: often
• meus: my

Questions & Answers about Ego saepe cogito utrum amica mea cras ventura sit.

Why is ego included? Doesn't cogito already mean I think?

Yes. The ending of cogito already tells you the subject is I, so ego is not grammatically necessary.

Latin often leaves subject pronouns out unless they are needed for:

• emphasis
• contrast
• clarity

So Ego saepe cogito... can feel like:

• I often think...
• As for me, I often think...

If you removed ego, the sentence would still be perfectly grammatical:

• Saepe cogito utrum amica mea cras ventura sit.

What does utrum mean here?

Utrum introduces an indirect yes/no question. Here it means whether.

So:

• utrum amica mea cras ventura sit = whether my girlfriend/female friend is going to come tomorrow

In Latin, indirect questions are commonly introduced by words like:

• utrum = whether
• num = whether
• interrogative words such as quis, quid, cur, ubi, etc.

You will often see utrum ... an ... when both alternatives are expressed:

• utrum veniat an maneat = whether she is coming or staying

In your sentence, only one side is stated, so utrum alone is enough.