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"The cook usually cooks the mouse."
Translation:Coquus coquere murem solet.
September 3, 2019
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ArcanoAngel
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Oh god! What kind of godawful monstrosity of a person would eat mice! Also, it says usually! That means the cook occasionally DOESN'T cook the mouse!
Yes: the infinitive immediately preceding the verb it completes (coquere before solet ), and the direct object (mūrem )immediately preceding the verb phrase (coquere solet ) that governs it, seems like the most typical, normal, natural word order in Latin (to me).
I have to say, it strikes me as odd that the cook would bother to cook just one!!