"I am not whatever I had been"
Everyone seems to think Latin is this deep and awesome language. It's weird. After you learn it, it's pretty straightforward and normal.
It's a cool language but it's highly structured unlike English and most modern languages. German has declensions so I don't think that's as much of a problem as it was for English speaking students.
non, like non-intellectual
sum, like soom, but shorter 'oo'
Qua, like Aqua, lis, like list without the 't'
Er, like Errrrrrr, and AH-m
It's hard to tell someone how to pronounce it in text. Whatever. I can do Latin pretty well. I'll break the sentence down to prove it.
Non, is the negative modifier. Take the nearest verb and make it NOT.
Sum is the verb of being, first principal part, first person singular. I am.
Qualis is interrogative. "of what kind?"
Eram is the plu perfect for of "sum." Plus perfect is "more perfect" so double past tense. "had been" as opposed to "was."
Don't know if this was a sentence someone wrote or whatnot, but I don't like the grammar. Not clear.