- What is Latin word order?
- What is the word order in Latin poetry?
- What is the word order of an adverb in Latin?
- What is the order of genitive in Latin?
What is Latin word order?
But, although Latin word order can be very flexible, typical Latin word order generally follows the pattern Subject- Object-Verb (SOV). English word order is Subject-Verb-Object (SVO).
What is the word order in Latin poetry?
Latin word order is relatively free. The subject, object, and verb can come in any order, and an adjective can go before or after its noun, as can a genitive such as hostium "of the enemy".
What is the word order of an adverb in Latin?
An adverb describes a verb. It provides information about how the verb is carried out. Adverbs usually come before the verb. They do not decline.
What is the order of genitive in Latin?
Genitives usually come immediately before or after the noun that they go with. Since some genitive endings may be ambiguous and be interpreted as a different case, or since a genitive could go with more than one noun in a sentence, clarity often determines the order.