"Stephanus et Livia domum eunt."

Translation: Stephanus and Livia go home.

[hectorlqr]

Stephanus et Livia eunt domus!

[J.C.M.H.]

Here we need the accusative, domum.

[CharlesUmi]

Not a Monty Python fan I guess.

[J.C.M.H.]

Hahaha, I had not gotten the joke. Mea culpa.

[sparrowhawk28]

I was wondering if anyone else had the Latin Lesson sketch in mind when reading this! John Cleese at his finest. It was even included in the Latin course I did with the Open University.

[Jonny485797]

But that's an order lad!

[KevinM.Mil]

"domus"? domUS? This is "motion towards", boy!

[FunkyDung]

I think your reference is going over a few heads. ;)

[Baktorian]

Why domum and not domus?

[Nick_Pr]

Because it is the object/destination.

[Athalawulfaz]

Domum, in the accusative case, creates an adverb 'at home'.

[SimonRusht1]

this is not 'at home' though?

[Rae.F]

Right, they should have said "to home".

[yoraplifej]

I really don't like the new male voice prononciation, it's wrong and misleads.
In this case:
"Liv-e-a" instead of "Livia"
"e-unt" instead of ""eunt"

[No--One]

From what I can find, conjugations of eo are intransitive, so they shouldn't be able to take an object. Since the motion is occurring toward "domus", why isn't it in the dative case?

[Rae.F]

Accusative is used for motion toward.

https://forum.duolingo.com/comment/33822673?from_email=comment&comment_id=34260032

[DjaildoQuaresma]

Domi eo -> I go from home
Domum eo -> I go (to) home

Is that correct?

[Dani836570]

From home=domo
Domi=at home
Domum=to home

[BarryLord1]

"stephanus and livia are going home" is rejected. So how would you say that in Latin???

[Rae.F]

It's the same thing. Looks like an oversight on the part of the course contributors. Next time something like this happens, flag it and report "My answer should be accepted."

[lmccarty13]

Why no preposition for domum?

[BarryLord1]

Domum means to the house/home. It needs no preposition, just as, in English, you can say I'm going home : there is no need to say "I'm going to home" (although that isn't "wrong").

This abbreviated form (lacking the usual preposition) is found in several languages (perhaps because of the frequency of expressing "homeward") e.g. English I'm going home, Russian Я иду домой, Croatian Idem kući.

[Mauricio69371]

Stephanus and Livia go to home = why is incorrect?

[Rae.F]

In English we say "go home", not "go to home".