1. Parts of Latin sentences.
Direct Objects
Parts of Latin sentences.

2. English The dog bites the man. The man bites the dog.
With these sentences above, only WORD ORDER has changed, which changed the meaning of the sentence.

3. Latin is different…
Canem vir mordet.
Canis virum mordet.

4. Canis virum mordet. Virum canis mordet. Mordet canis virum.
Word order changes, but the meaning stays the same, because of the ENDINGS!
Canis virum mordet.
Virum canis mordet.
Mordet canis virum.

5. Bubo
legit
librum.

6. Pilam
vir.
iacit

7. Porcus
purgat
viam

8. Puer
arborem
ascendit.

9. The endings matter! Bubo legit librum. Pilam iacit vir.
Porcus purgat viam.
Puer arborem ascendit.
The –m ending (-am, -um, or -em), indicates the word is the direct object of the verb.

10. Core Elements of Latin Sentences
The core elements of Latin sentences are parts of sentences.
We’ve now seen three types of Latin sentences.

11. Subject and Intransitive Verb
Verbs without direct objects are called intransitive verbs.
Sextus cadit.
Sextus ex arbore cadit.
Currunt puellae.
In horto puellae et pueri non clamant. S IV S IV IV S IV S S

12. Subject, Linking Verb, Complement
Sextus est molestus.
Sextus est puer molestus.
Brevi tempore Cornelia defessa est.
Puellae sunt amicae. S LV C S LV C S C LV S LV C

13. Subject, Direct Object, and Transitive Verb
Verbs that take direct objects are called transitive verbs.
Magna vox Corneliam terret.
Vocem Cornelia audit.
Cornelia puerum molestum non amat. S DO TV DO S TV S DO TV