"Boston and New York are cities."
Translation:Bostonia et Novum Eboracum sunt urbes.
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Agreed. I'm getting confused as to when the verb goes at the end and when it doesn't.
I believe they just haven't made all of the correct answers recognized yet. You can suggest that the answer be accepted (I've had 4 accepted in the past day).
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Seems it did indeed get accepted. So Bostonia et Novum Eboracum urbes sunt.
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No, I just had the same marked as wrong again a day later. Just reported though. :)
Inconsistent with where the verb goes. As a total beginner, i am confused
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Latin word order is extremely flexible. Generally, the verb is at the end, but it can be elsewhere, for purposes of emphasis. In the Middle Ages, something closer to English or French word order was developing.
Why isn't both city names in the accusative case?
(I'm presuming that {-um} is the neuter singular accusative of the second class declination and {-a} is the singular nominative of the first class declination)
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Bostonia and Novum Eboracum are nominative case, ubes is also nominative case Subject and predicate are in the same case. For example: Ego sum puella - I am a girl Tu es puer. - You are a boy. Novum Eboracum is singular, neuter, nominative.
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Eboracum is also the old name of Viking Jorvik, modern York. So New York was rather stuck with the neuter gender, being named for old York.
