In Orberg's LLPSI he has:
Non difficile est matrem Marci fallere!
Is 'difficile' the Neuter Nom. Sing of the 3rd declension adjective - a default gender for unspecified things.. 'id quod dixit falsum fuit'...etc.. ??
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Re: difficile est
Yes, it is, pmda.
Ut dicis, pmda. "Difficile" est adjectivum tertiae declinationis neutrius generis singularis numeri nominativo casu.
Ut dicis, pmda. "Difficile" est adjectivum tertiae declinationis neutrius generis singularis numeri nominativo casu.
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.
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Re: difficile est
It's neuter indeed, but not because it's underspecified, but because it agrees with the infinitive, which is always neuter, when it's used like a substantive: fallere (...) difficile est.
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Re: difficile est
Have you seen this dedicated forum to LLPSI?
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=11400
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=11400