LATN 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Linking Verb, Causative, Ablative Case
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Intransitive: subject + verb, ex. the farmer works. "works" is verb: verb does not take direct objects, transitive, subject + verb + direct object, ex. the woman has a rose. "sum" can be linking or intransitive: linking - vir sunt liber (the men are free, when "sum (etc. )" is first word in sentence, it signals intransitive pattern. Intransitive - sum (i am/i exist: when adjectives in subject complement modifies multiple nouns w/ different genders, it"s plural. If noun refers to people, it"s masculine: ex. Vir itali caret (the man misses italy: ex. Arma vir s nocent (the weapons harm the men: factitive, occurs w/ verbs that require direct object & second accusative. Is m laetam facit (he makes me happy) Second acc. called object complement: necessary to complete sense of verb"s action, factitive = subject + factitive verb + direct object + object complement (predicate accusative, common verbs used, appell , cre , faci , habe .
