The daughter || of the farmer || a ship .......|| to the lady || from the sailors || gives.
Nominative ...|| Gentive ........|| Accusative || Dative ......|| Ablative ...........|| verb
Would those above cases be right, and could someone complete the following, I dont understand Latin for Beginners description.
Nominative, the doer, subject;
Gentive, posessive;
Accusative, that to which it is done, direct object;
Dative, to from towards without action, indirect object;
Ablative, ??? & examples if possible and in English.
If that simplified view right?
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salue Benedari
You seem to have a pretty good basic knowledge of the cases. Your distribution of the cases in your example looks good: why don't you give a try in Latin?
The list you have covers the basics - when you progress in your studies you'll find that the cases can be used for other purposes than the ones you mention.
But you don't have anything on the ablative yet. Let me mention three different functions: 1 - the ablative of means, 2 - ablative of separation, 3 - ablative of time.
Here are some examples:
1 - manu dextera tibi saluto - I greet you with my right hand. How do greet you? With what means do I do it? With my right hand. Therefore hand is used in the ablative.
2 - ex urbe eo - I walk out of the city. From whence do I walk? With what do I separate? The city. Therefore I use the ablative here: the preposition ex is always followed by the ablative.
3 - euigilo prima luce - I wake at dawn. When? At what time? At dawn. So I use the ablative (note: duration is expressed by the accusative).
Hope this helps
You seem to have a pretty good basic knowledge of the cases. Your distribution of the cases in your example looks good: why don't you give a try in Latin?
The list you have covers the basics - when you progress in your studies you'll find that the cases can be used for other purposes than the ones you mention.
But you don't have anything on the ablative yet. Let me mention three different functions: 1 - the ablative of means, 2 - ablative of separation, 3 - ablative of time.
Here are some examples:
1 - manu dextera tibi saluto - I greet you with my right hand. How do greet you? With what means do I do it? With my right hand. Therefore hand is used in the ablative.
2 - ex urbe eo - I walk out of the city. From whence do I walk? With what do I separate? The city. Therefore I use the ablative here: the preposition ex is always followed by the ablative.
3 - euigilo prima luce - I wake at dawn. When? At what time? At dawn. So I use the ablative (note: duration is expressed by the accusative).
Hope this helps
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Benedarius asked about this sentence.
It often seems to me that the Ablative case is the "none of the above" case. Most cases are very clear-cut as to what they represent. The Ablative seems to represent all of the other "stuff". A, ab usually represents "from, away from" or "by". "From the soldiers" represents the idea that the ship is going "away from" the sailors to the lady.
(Personal comment: What a ___ sentence! This makes sense in any context? How many farmers' daughters do anyone know who have given a ship to a lady from sailors who were probably slaves? Birthday present???)
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I agree with amans wholeheartily about what he/she posted; however I don't think your ablative question was directly answered.
The daughter || of the farmer || a ship .......|| to the lady || from the sailors || gives.
Nominative ...|| Gentive ........|| Accusative || Dative ......|| Ablative ...........|| verb
It often seems to me that the Ablative case is the "none of the above" case. Most cases are very clear-cut as to what they represent. The Ablative seems to represent all of the other "stuff". A, ab usually represents "from, away from" or "by". "From the soldiers" represents the idea that the ship is going "away from" the sailors to the lady.
(Personal comment: What a ___ sentence! This makes sense in any context? How many farmers' daughters do anyone know who have given a ship to a lady from sailors who were probably slaves? Birthday present???)
Magistra[/quote]
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