Re: OT: Latin subject-verb agreement

In a message dated 12/12/2007 1:26:45 PM Central Standard Time,
philip.newton@GMAIL.COM writes:


> > Is it possible in Latin to have a 1st or 2nd person verb and a noun
> subject?
> > For example, is "Pueri sumus boni" (We boys are good) grammatical?
>
> Given the relatively free word order, how would you distinguish
> between that and an interpretation as "We are good boys"?
>
> Which is how I would interpret that sentence, and consider it grammatical.
>
> Cheers,
> --
> Philip Newton <philip.newton@...>
>
Good point.  Okay, thanks.

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