Praeteritum singularis
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Praeteritum singularis
This is latin for the preterite tense in singular. Why is it written like this? 'Praeteritum' is neuter and 'singularis' is masculine shouldn't one of these words have an adjectival role?
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Re: Praeteritum singularis
Grammatical terms are very concise and usually drop the noun. Also Latin tends to use the genitive where English would use an adjective. So its praeteritum [tempus] singularis [numeri] = the preterite tense of the singular number. Singularis is genitive here.
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Re: Praeteritum singularis
Thanks for your replies. very concise and clear.