"That Corinna sings sweetly."

Translation: Illa Corinna suaviter cantat.

[Timotheus_Sum]

Why is not "Haec Corinna suaviter cantat" accepted?

[lescouleurs]

What I understood is that

• haec = feminine form of hic ( this / these )
• illa = feminine form of ille ( that / those )

[KenBrown958]

Why not "Corinna illa ....."

[PNyvlt]

This was my first choice too. A quick search shows Cicero uses ille in both positions: "in illa tranqulitate", but also "auditor Panaetii illius" and " Medea illa". Reported.

[PrateekBoss]

Same query

[PauloMuffato]

I believe this is not commonly used. See "this thing" vs "thing, this" in English for example, so the determiner comes before the noun.

I don't know how often romans used appositions, perhaps not at all, but this is just how it would look like: Corinna, illa puella (haec puella non est), suaviter cantat.

[Kyihsin]

Why not "Ista Corinna..."? In English, saying "That Corinna" sounds a little deprecating, just like "ista" in Latin

[PauloMuffato]

"That Corinna" is just pointing out that the subject is that one, far from the speaker, and not this one, nearby.

In my view, iste/ista suddenly alone in fact sounds like treating the subject as any object rather than a being, like saying "this one" in english, and mostly any other language.