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LESSON 3
Third Declension
Practice 3rd Decl.
Singularia/Pluralia
Conjunctions
2nd Class Adjectives
VERBS- More Tenses
Auxiliary Verb
Sentence Order
Translation 3: Cerberus
Exercise 3
L.Lt.3- Cicero
L.Lt.3- Plautus
L.LT.3- Pliny the Elder
L.LT.3-Newton's Principia
LESSON 4
Comparative Adjectives
Numeral Adjectives 1
Numeral Adjectives 2
Naming Fractions
Writing Dates
Pronouns 1
Pronouns 2
L.Lt.4 - Plautus
Forming Latin Sentences                                                       
 
The normal word order in a Latin sentence is shown by the following pattern:
 
  1. Subject > Direct Object > Verb
  2. Subject > Indirect Object > Direct Object > Verb
  3. Subject > Attribute of the Subject > Indirect Object > Direct Object > Adverb > Verb

The word order for a sentence using the verb "Esse" usually follows the same word order as in English:

  1. Subject > Verb > Object
  2. Subject > Attribute of the subject > Verb > Object

 

Changes from this standard word-order are possible in order to place special emphasis on the part of the sentence that deviates from this word-order.

 

The subject is normally in the nominative case, the direct object is the accusative and the indirect object in the dative or ablative cases.  Adjectives are placed next to the noun they modify or qualify. Adverbs before the verb.

 

Consider the following examples.

 

  1. Imber glebas fecundat.         Imber (The rain, subject) glebas (the soil, direct object) fecundas (makes fertile, verb)        
  2. Britannia est patria mea.                   
  3. Diana feras silvae necat.       Diana is read as Deeana
  4. Filia mea agricolis cenam parat.
  5. Rex Caesaris peritiam metuebat.
  6. Ciceronis, celeber orator, multas orationes in foro recitaverat.                                                                                          
  7. Severitas legum Romanae plebi invisa erat.
  8. Parva scintilla magnum incendium excitat.
  9. Clarus poeta incendium Troiae cantat.
  10. Poetae Romani Bacchum, vinearum patronum, celebrabant.