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"How many universities are in Philadelphia?"
Translation:Quot universitates Philadelphiae sunt?
August 28, 2019
18 Comments
Elin.7-1
17
As with the other similar sentences, can we also have Quot universitates sunt Philadelphiae, please? I've sent a report.
I had the same question earlier on with this module and I think that this is the case because the "preposition in + nominative case" structure is appropriate for countries only, whereas the other case (Philadelphiae, Romae, Bostoniae, Novi Eboraci etc) is used for cities and states. Not sure about the name of that case, I think it's a locative something or other, showing location, but don't take my word for it!
Henroriro
463
Is it always possible to add a preposition (in this case 'in') in front of a locative noun?
Gfldo
114
Hello,
- Universitas => nominative SINGULAR
- Universitates => nominative (or vocative or accusative) PLURAL