Breakdown of Filii respondent: "Nunc foris currimus, sed soror intus legit."
Questions & Answers about Filii respondent: "Nunc foris currimus, sed soror intus legit."
Filii is the nominative plural of filius (son).
- filius = son (singular, subject form)
- filii = sons (plural, subject form)
The -ii ending is normal for some masculine nouns in -ius in the nominative plural. So:
- filius → filii
- servus → servi (no double i because the singular doesn’t end in -ius)
In this sentence, filii is the subject of respondent: The sons reply…
- respondent: 3rd person plural, present tense
- they reply / they are replying
- currimus: 1st person plural, present tense
- we run / we are running
- legit: 3rd person singular, present tense
- he/she reads / is reading
So:
- filii respondent → the sons reply
- currimus → we run / we are running