Breakdown of Apud aviam puella fabulam audit.
Questions & Answers about Apud aviam puella fabulam audit.
Because puella is in the nominative singular, which is the case normally used for the subject.
- puella = the girl as the doer of the action
- fabulam = the story as the thing being heard
- audit = he/she hears
So puella fabulam audit means the girl hears a story / the story.
Because fabulam is in the accusative singular, which is the case used for a direct object.
Here, the story is what the girl hears, so it must be in the accusative:
- fabula = a story as a subject
- fabulam = a story as a direct object
Compare:
- Fabula longa est = The story is long
- Puella fabulam audit = The girl hears the story / a story
No. aviam is not the direct object here. It is accusative because it follows the preposition apud.
Apud regularly takes the accusative case. So: