"How many universities are in Philadelphia?"

Translation: Quot universitates Philadelphiae sunt?

[erinhillart]

When is "in" appropriate vs. no? I used "in Philadelphiae" and it was marked wrong. But in other locations I've omitted and also was incorrect.

[ElioGerard2]

The rule says: cities belonging to 1st and 2nd declination singular (e.g. Roma, -ae or Panormus, -i) want the locative case (the same of genitive). Other 1st and 2nd declination plural cities (Athenae, -arum or Barii, -orum) want the ablative (Athen-is and Bari-is). In other cases in+ablative.

[ReganCuthb]

Is there a possibility for a Layman translation....? Not that I don't appreciate people using their own personal time to help educate others but I get the feeling that I'm not the only one taking this explanation as Greek...

[Elin.7-1]

As with the other similar sentences, can we also have Quot universitates sunt Philadelphiae, please? I've sent a report.

[ElioGerard2]

Sure! No matter where you put what!

[GuilesTheme]

That is not quite right, there are some rules with order, but they are quite flexible and rarely enforced. (Rome isn't around anymore to complain about proper historical grammar)

[cVC9doiH]

and what about "Philadelphiae quot universitates sunt"?

[DikshantSh15]

Why it cant be...quot universitates in Philadelphia sunt?

[PanosDiCucchiaio]

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!

[Chris655656]

Is there a difference in Latin between 'how many' and 'how much'? Would you use 'quot' for them both?

[jvhs5iL6]

I typed Quot universitates in Philadelphiae sunt? and can't continue. What's wrong here when the answer is correct?

[PanosDiCucchiaio]

How about ''Quot universitates in Philadelphia sunt?'' ?

[GeminaVexilla]

Dunno why (explanations above are unclear/inadequate), but it doesn't take "in Philadelphia" for this sentence.

[CannedMan]

Shouldn’t genitive of number be allowed as well? Quot ūniversitātis …: How many [is the number of] universities …? Or is quot a special case?

[ElioGerard2]

No... See "Quot capita tot sententiae". Capita is not genitive.

[Henroriro]

Is it always possible to add a preposition (in this case 'in') in front of a locative noun?

[nwavyudeh]

What is the differences between "Universitates" and "Universitas" ?

[Gfldo]

Hello,

• Universitas => nominative SINGULAR
• Universitates => nominative (or vocative or accusative) PLURAL