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"Audi nos" translation problem
The key concept here is that of grammatical case.
Latin has several cases, of which two are important here: the nominative and the accusative.
Let me illustrate this through English.
In the sentence &...
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"Audi nos" translation problem
Nos can be either "we" or "us." The nominative and accusative for it are the same.
It's not that different from the English "you", which can be the subject (vos auditis, &...
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