Missing accusative?

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Feles in silva
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Missing accusative?

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In the sentence below:

Phoebus filium monet, sed puer magna pericula non videt.

I see why filius is in the accusative (it is the d.o. of monet) but in the second half of the sentence, puer and pericula are both nominative. Wouldn't pericula be accusative, as it is what I would think be the d.o. of videt?

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Re: Missing accusative?

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Feles in silva wrote:In the sentence below:

Phoebus filium monet, sed puer magna pericula non videt.

I see why filius is in the accusative (it is the d.o. of monet) but in the second half of the sentence, puer and pericula are both nominative. Wouldn't pericula be accusative, as it is what I would think be the d.o. of videt?
Magna pericula is Acc.Pl. Periculum is Neut.
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Feles in silva
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Wrong gender

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Deses- thank you. I had it in my head that pericula was feminine. So I was declining it wrong. This example shows me that I need to be more on top of the gender of nounds from this point on. Thanks again.

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