"Puella dormit."

Translation: The girl is sleeping.

[Zinthak]

Does the context denote the article, or is 'a', 'an', and 'that' viable?

[DerAndereLerner]

Latin works like Slavic languages in this matter. There are no articles because cases are used to denote the meaning.

[karuke79]

So why do they demand articles in every translation???

[Moopish]

In the English? Nouns in many situations require an article otherwise it doesn't work.

[Moopish]

'The' and 'a' are viable here. You would have to make use of a demonstrative (illa puella) to say 'that girl'.

[travel.linguist]

Context only!

[McKosta]

That would be a seperate word

[StephanyKa882142]

The sound on this is really not clear at all

[petewentos]

So what would the phrase "sleeping girl" translate to in Latin?

[Magister_Smith]

Depends on case and number, but “I see the sleeping girl” would be “puellam dormientem video.”

[MartinBlan87522]

The "i" in dormit is it pronunced "ee" as in "meet" or "i" as in "mitten"?

[Magister_Smith]

The “t” at the end shortens the vowel before, so like “mitten.”

[Dattu902337]

Why dont we use puella est dormit

[Magister_Smith]

You should never put two finite, i.e conjugated, verbs next to each other like that.

“Est” means “he/she/it is” and “for it means “he she it sleeps” or “is sleeping” or “does sleep.”

The helping verb “is” that English uses in the present progressive is simply part of the verb in Latin.

[TREYTEN11]

PUELA DORMIT