To: SunkenCiv
Eheu! This is fun. I'm actually doing it. Came upon a stumbling block.
1. An Brutus Caesarem occidit? Is Brutus killing Caesar?
2. An Caesarem Brutus occidit? Is Brutus killing Caesar?
Why isn't the second one, Is Caesar killing Brutus?
To: my_pointy_head_is_sharp
It has to do with the suffixes... She's showing that word order isn't always as important as it is in English. Or should I say, order always word as is important English not it is as in.
34 posted on
09/29/2004 7:07:47 PM PDT by
SunkenCiv
("All I have seen teaches me trust the Creator for all I have not seen." -- Emerson)
To: my_pointy_head_is_sharp
Because it's an inflected language. The word endings indicate case, not the order. In Brutus, the ending "us" indicates the nominitive (subject), not the accusative (direct object).
36 posted on
09/29/2004 7:15:54 PM PDT by
4CJ
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