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Should these "vellus" be "vellerum"?
I read the following text in the book Método de Latín I by Santiago Segura Munguía, published by the University of Deusto (emphasis mine on the words that cause me difficulty):
Multas fabulas a ...
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Why use nominative in Coniugatio periphrastica passiva?
Why do we use the nominative case in this example:
Liber legendus est. = The book needs to be read.
If liber is a direct object, then why not put it in accusative?
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When to use accusative and nominative?
I am having some difficulty figuring out the Latin translation for the following sentences:
My favourite animal is a dog. Will dog (canis) be considered as nominative or accusative (canem)?
I want a ...
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Did Latin have any ergative verbs?
An "ergative verb" is a verb that can either take two nouns (a subject and an object) or only one (a subject), where the object of the two-noun form corresponds to the subject of the one-noun form.
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Why nominative instead of accusative with verb "sum"?
Recently I've been learning about the accusative case, in/direct objects and in/transitive verbs. In light of this, consider the phrase:
Nilus fluvius est
I'm interested in the rationale (...
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Why is "Bonam Fortunam" the correct way to wish someone good fortune instead of "Bona Fortuna"?
I remember being told this by a Latin teacher, but I have since forgotten the details. Why should I use the accusative case instead of the nominative here?
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