Subject object intro

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subjects and objects

Do you know?

• Subjects DO actions - The dog bites the man.

• Direct objects receive actions - The dog bites the man.

• In English, subjects come BEFORE verbs

• Direct objects come AFTER verbs

Word order

English uses word order to tell you what is the subject and direct object.

Multiple Choice

Catia has a dog.

What is the subject of this sentence?

• Catia

• dog

Multiple Choice

Catia has a dog.

What is the direct object of this sentence?

• Catia

• dog

Latin is NOT English

(in case you forgot)

Multiple Choice

Catia canem habet.

What is the subject of this sentence?

• Catia

• canem

Multiple Choice

canem Catia habet.

What is the subject of this sentence?

• Catia

• canem

What, what?

• look carefully at the sentence -

• Catia canem videt & canem Catia videt

• the 'a' ending says that Catia is the subject

• the 'm' ending says that canem is the direct object

• it DOES NOT MATTER in Latin WHERE THE WORD IS!

It's all about the ENDINGS

Multiple Choice

Spot the subject:

pauperem canis videt.

• pauperem

• canis

Multiple Choice

Spot the direct object:

Catia canem videt.

• Catia

• canem

Poll

I understand how to spot subjects and direct objects in Latin

• yes!

• maybe

• no