Unit 5 Reading Sentence 10

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prooney2
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Unit 5 Reading Sentence 10

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"Auxilium caris a dis dandum est," sensit; ....
is translated by the posted answer key on this forum as
"They felt ... "
but isin't the verb "sensit" singular? Shouldn't the Latin be "senserunt" to be translated as "they felt"? What am I missing?
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Geraldus71
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Re: Unit 5 Reading Sentence 10

Post by Geraldus71 »

"sensit" agrees with the singular "populus socius" in the prior sentence. But whether one translates "populus socius" with the plural "allies" (cleanest) or as "allied people" (which is singular, but a collection of many) the English translation for "sensit" has to be the plural "they felt" to be grammatical in English terms.

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