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- "Corinna is a woman."
"Corinna is a woman."
Translation:Corinna est femina.
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What's the difference between 'sum' and 'set'? are they different tenses? Is there somewhere I can find out about the grammar?
"sum" is 1st person singular (like "am") and "est" is 3rd person singular (like "is").
If you click on the lightbulb before starting the lesson, there's some tips and notes there. :)
I wrote: Corinna mulier est. DL marked it wrong, but I dispute it and have reported it. Quo vadis?
this is not University Latin, it is 'supposed' to reflect a mixed early form of Latin.
It should also be accepted now, but unfortunately it takes some time for the changes we make in the Incubator to be active for users (sometimes as long as two weeks).
Still, please report (with the button in the lesson, not in the discussion) if it's not accepted, it's still possible something got missed!
is there any general rule for the place of the verb in the sentence? I see that both answers (Corinna est femina and Corinna femina est) are accepted. Is one of them more common or more accurate?
Usually, the word order is subject, direct object, verb. However, I also understand that the verb 'to be' (as in this case) will not be at the end of the sentence.
What grammatical category does the word 'femina' belong to in this context? Corinna being the subject, will the description of her (a woman) be categorised as an adjective or something else?
The same answer as you were shown as a correction, or a different one? If the former, are you sure you didn't have a typo like "Corrina"?
No. "Sum" is 1st person singular, like "am". This needs 3rd person singular "est", like "is".
Corinna femina est is the correct translation - THE VERB COMES LAST
