Et A et B + adjective sunt.
Both A and B are (adjective).
When the gender of A (noun) and B (noun) are different,
what should be the gender of the adjective?
a small question on grammar
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Re: a small question on grammar
Attributive adjectives agree with the nearer/nearest noun. Not so for predicate adjectives: masculine for mixed living things, neuter for non-living. Your adjectives are predicate adjectives (a verb comes between the adjective and the noun, as in "the valleys and hills are green [predicate adj.]", as opposed to "the green [attributive adj.] valleys and hills spread out").
Proximo nomini attributivum adjectivum congruit. Aliter cum praedicativis, ubi masculini generis cum rebus vivantibus et non vivantibus*, neutrius cum non vivantibus. Praedicativa tua, quia verbum inter adjectivum et nomen venit.
* Post Scriptum. Or masculine with feminine, I meant to say in Latin // Et generis feminini cum masculini, quod ego negligens latinè dicere omissi.
Proximo nomini attributivum adjectivum congruit. Aliter cum praedicativis, ubi masculini generis cum rebus vivantibus et non vivantibus*, neutrius cum non vivantibus. Praedicativa tua, quia verbum inter adjectivum et nomen venit.
* Post Scriptum. Or masculine with feminine, I meant to say in Latin // Et generis feminini cum masculini, quod ego negligens latinè dicere omissi.
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Re: a small question on grammar
Thank you for your reply, adrianus.
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Re: a small question on grammar
Et tibi, anandam, Felicem Annum Inientem!
Happy New Year to you, too, anandam!
Happy New Year to you, too, anandam!
I'm writing in Latin hoping for correction, and not because I'm confident in how I express myself. Latinè scribo ut ab omnibus corrigar, non quod confidenter me exprimam.