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- "Ubi est ludus?"
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I have just been reporting exactly that on all the 'ludus' sentences I've come across in this skill.
Macrons are optional, and it's more a help for us to study, than a real part of the language. But it's an important help, and some Latin texts do have the macrons and other diacritics (apexes).
I really hope they'll add the macrons later, as it's the only mean for us to be able to speak in Latin, not only read it.
I think in Ancient Greek, it has more the meaning of leasure. That's a weird coincidence (I think it's not a coincidence), because "schola" has the meaning of leisure in Greek, and school, or group, and "ludo" has the meaning of leisure and school too.
But why?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scholae
Ancient Greek "Σχολαί" Plural of the Ancient Greek word "σχολή"(skolè) (from which its Latin counterpart "Scholae" derives), meaning: 'rest, leisure'
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non_scholae_sed_vitae :) (I just changed schola into ludus, did I get the declension wrong?)
The conjunction "ubi" should be thought of as introducing a verb; it doesn't control nouns, in and of itself.
What's controlling the case of "ludus" (nominative) in this sentence is the verb "est" (is).
Ubi est (+ a nominative-case noun): "Where is (the ... ) ?"
Quo ambulas / curris / vadis , etc.: "Where are you walking/running/going?"
Unde venis ? "Where do you come from?"