Direct Objects

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Direct Objects

• Parts of Latin sentences.

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English

• The dog bites the man.
• The man bites the dog.
• With these sentences above, only WORD ORDER has
  changed, which changed the meaning of the
  sentence.

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Latin is different
Canem vir mordet.
Canis virum mordet.
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Word order changes, but the meaning stays the
same, because of the ENDINGS!
Canis virum mordet.
Virum canis mordet.
Mordet canis virum.
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Bubo
legit
librum.
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Pilam
vir.
iacit
7
Porcus
purgat
viam
8
Puer
arborem
ascendit.
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The endings matter!

• Bubo legit librum.
• Pilam iacit vir.
• Porcus purgat viam.
• Puer arborem ascendit.

The m ending (-am, -um, or -em), indicates the
word is the direct object of the verb.
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Core Elements of Latin Sentences

• The core elements of Latin sentences are parts of
  sentences.
• Weve now seen three types of Latin sentences.

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Subject and Intransitive Verb
S
IV

• Verbs without direct objects are called
  intransitive verbs.
• Sextus cadit.
• Sextus ex arbore cadit.
• Currunt puellae.
• In horto puellae et pueri non clamant.

S
IV
S
IV
S
IV
IV
S
S
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Subject, Linking Verb, Complement

• Sextus est molestus.
• Sextus est puer molestus.
• Brevi tempore Cornelia defessa est.
• Puellae sunt amicae.

S
C
LV
S
LV
C
S
LV
C
S
LV
C
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Subject, Direct Object, and Transitive Verb

• Verbs that take direct objects are called
  transitive verbs.
• Magna vox Corneliam terret.
• Vocem Cornelia audit.
• Cornelia puerum molestum non amat.

S
DO
TV
S
DO
TV
S
DO
TV