Word
Contignatio duo conclavia habet.
Meaning
The upper story has two rooms.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Contignatio duo conclavia habet.
habere
to have
duo
two
contignatio
the upper story; timber framework
conclave
the room; chamber
Questions & Answers about Contignatio duo conclavia habet.
Which word is the subject of the sentence?
The subject is contignatio.
That is the thing doing the action of having. The verb habet means has, so contignatio is the thing that has something.
The thing being had is duo conclavia.
Why is habet singular even though there are two rooms?
Because the verb agrees with the subject, not with the object.
- contignatio = the subject = singular
- duo conclavia = the object = plural
So Latin uses habet = has (singular), not habent = have (plural).
In other words, the sentence means that one floor/story has two rooms, so the verb stays singular.
Why is it duo, not duae?