"Would you like this cookie?"

Translation: Velisne hoc crustulum?

[Cymelo]

Could the sentence be translated as "hoc crustulum velisne?" with the verb at the end? Is it necessary to put the verb at the beginning of the sentence if it ends with the particle '-ne'?

[PERCE_NEIGE]

Yes, you can put the verb at the end (most common) or at another place. When it's not accepted, click the report button.

But:
with the -ne, it's more common to have it at the beginning of the sentence. I've found than an author used -ne 90% of the time with the first word, usually a verb, so it's a good practice to take this habit.

The -ne has to be on the word it puts the interrogation (so, usually the verb).

[machucaw]

Yes, it is the inconsistency that is maddening ;)

[STRADS1551]

"Hoc" is "this". What is it for "these cookies"

[1e7nx0WG]

"These cookies" is "Haec crustula".

Here is the full declension of hic/haec/hoc:

Case	Masc.	Fem.	Neuter	Masc.	Fem.	Neuter
	Sing.	Sing.	Sing.	Plural	Plural	Plural
Nominative	hīc	haec	hoc	hī	hae	haec
Accusative	hunc	hanc	hoc	hōs	hās	haec
Genitive	huius	huius	huius	hōrum	hārum	hōrum
Dative	huic	huic	huic	hīs	hīs	hīs
Ablative	hōc	hāc	hōc	hīs	hīs	hīs

[STRADS1551]

Thanks for that. So is "haec" used for both fem.sing. & neut. pl.?

[1e7nx0WG]

Yes, that's correct. They're not the easiest set of words to remember off by heart, are they.

[STRADS1551]

Thanks again.

[cz8fPW7Y]

If you want somewhere you can find all the declensions, I have found this website www.online-latin-dictionary.com (recommended by another user) a godsend

[Noah357620]

Ita

[utrash]

I guess I will never know when I use crustulum, crustula... and words with the same suffix

[Tassie_Gorilla]

Learning the difference between nominative and accusative cases would be a good start.

[GonzaloCol961449]

I have read in an epigram:
"MONVMENTVM HOC".
Why is "crustulum hoc" wrong?

[Samu438044]

"Do you want this cookie? too bad, its mine!" munch munch