Questions & Answers about Epistula tua mihi grata est.
Why is epistula in this form?
Epistula is nominative singular, because it is the subject of the sentence.
The sentence is built like this:
- epistula = letter
- tua = your
- mihi = to me
- grata est = is pleasing / is welcome
So epistula tua means your letter, and that is the thing being described as grata.
Why is it tua and not tuus?
Because tua has to agree with epistula.
In Latin, possessive adjectives like meus, tuus, suus must match the noun they describe in:
- gender
- number
- case
Since epistula is:
- feminine
- singular
- nominative
the possessive must also be feminine singular nominative: tua.
So:
- epistula tua = your letter
Why is mihi used instead of ego or me?