Expression: Haec avis est implumis.
Meaning: This bird is unfledged.
Notes:
This is a very simple Latin sentence. Perhaps the most interesting grammatical element is that because of the demonstrative haec, even without looking up the noun, avis, you know it's feminine. Avis is clearly a noun, so it is the subject of the singular verb, which makes avis a 3rd declension noun. Haec could be a neuter plural nominative, but the verb is singular, so haec must be nominative, singular, and feminine, so the noun it goes with must be feminine.
The verb is from the "to be" verb sum.
The sentence and its translation comes from Praxis Grammatica
Parsing of the Individual Words
Meaning: This bird is unfledged.
Notes:
This is a very simple Latin sentence. Perhaps the most interesting grammatical element is that because of the demonstrative haec, even without looking up the noun, avis, you know it's feminine. Avis is clearly a noun, so it is the subject of the singular verb, which makes avis a 3rd declension noun. Haec could be a neuter plural nominative, but the verb is singular, so haec must be nominative, singular, and feminine, so the noun it goes with must be feminine.
The verb is from the "to be" verb sum.
The sentence and its translation comes from Praxis Grammatica
Parsing of the Individual Words
- Haec
(pronoun, demonstrative)
"This"
nominative, singular, feminine - Avis
(noun)
"Bird"
nominative, singular - Est
(verb)
"He/she/it is"
3rd person singular active indicative - Implumis
(adjective)
"Unfledged"
nominative, singular, feminine
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