"At night the comrades arrive."

Translation: Noctu contubernales adveniunt.

[Arquemada]

Would "Vesperi comites adveniunt" be correct as well?

[Moopish]

Vesperi is 'in the evening'/'during the evening' rather than 'at night'.

[Arquemada]

Thank you!

[Hubert341307]

Why is 'Noctu adveniunt comes' wrong? I thought it was possible to set another word order in Latin.

[Moopish]

You would have to use comites (nominative plural). comes is nominative singular.

[mona208606]

What is the difference between comites and contubernales?

[Moopish]

In this course they seem relatively interchangeable (not sure if they always are however).

Comes (from which comites comes) seems to be more general, a companion, someone one goes with. The word comes from the prefix com- (with) and eo (I go) from what I have seen.

Contubernalis (from which contubernales comes) is more specifically a member of a contubernium, a squad that would share a tent together. The squad would all be comrades, tent companions.

[Colleen289785]

I did not know any of these words so was unable to respond...why have a test on something that has not been part of the learning process.?

[SteveSwart1]

Click on Tips at the start of the lesson.

[mona208606]

There are no tips when we use the phone app.