Word Order in Latin (Syntax)

With some understanding of phonetics and the parts of speech, we are ready to start looking at simple Latin sentences. But this requires discussing the concept of syntax, or word order. Does Latin have rigorous syntax like in English? It does not! Because of the inflection of words, the role of each word in a sentence is known from its form, and the word order is totally irrelevant. Let's see how this works!

Script by Patrizia Farina, Professor of Italian at Western Connecticut State University and Purchase College.

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