Questions & Answers about Puer tecum in horto ludere vult.
Why is puer in the nominative case?
Because puer is the subject of the sentence: it is the one doing the wanting.
- puer = the boy
- nominative singular of puer, pueri
In Latin, the subject is usually put in the nominative case.
Why does Latin use tecum instead of cum te?
With the pronouns me, te, se, nobis, vobis, the preposition cum is usually attached to the end:
- mecum = with me
- tecum = with you
- secum = with himself / herself / themselves
- nobiscum = with us
- vobiscum = with you all
So tecum is the normal Latin word order here, even though in English we translate it as with you.
Why is horto in the ablative case?
Because it follows the preposition in in the sense of in or inside a place.
- in + ablative = in / on a place
- in + accusative = into / onto a place
So:
- in horto = in the garden
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