Soror quoque salire vult, sed pater eam monet ne ad flammam propius accedat.

In Latin, quoque means also or too, and it usually comes after the word it emphasizes.

So:

• soror quoque = the sister too / the sister also

This is different from English, where also often comes before the word or later in the sentence.

A useful habit is:

• X quoque = X too

So here the sentence is emphasizing that the sister also wants to jump.

Because it depends on vult.

• vult = she wants
• salire = to jump

Latin often uses the infinitive after verbs of wanting, being able, beginning, etc., just as English does:

• vult salire = she wants to jump

So salire is not a finite verb here; it is the infinitive complement of vult.

The subject is soror.

So:

• soror ... vult = the sister wants

Latin often leaves out subject pronouns when they are not needed, because the verb ending already helps identify the person. Here vult is he/she/it wants, and soror tells us it is she, namely the sister.

Eam is the accusative singular feminine form of ea, id, meaning her.

It is the direct object of monet:

• pater eam monet = the father warns/advises her

So the father is warning her, that is, the sister.

Because monet takes a direct object, and a direct object must be in the accusative case.

The forms are:

• ea = she / she herself or that woman in the nominative
• eam = her in the accusative

Since the father is warning her, not she, Latin uses eam.

Monet comes from moneo, monere, which can mean warn, advise, remind, depending on context.

Here it means something like:

• warns
• advises

The construction is:

• monet + person in the accusative + ne-clause

So:

• pater eam monet ne ... accedat
  = the father warns her not to approach ...

This is a very common Latin pattern.

Here ne means that ... not or more naturally in English, simply not in a clause after a verb like warn or advise.

So:

• monet ne accedat = warns [her] not to approach

This is different from non.

• non usually negates a word or statement directly
• ne is commonly used in certain subordinate clauses, especially with commands, wishes, fears, and warning/advising constructions

So after monet, Latin uses ne to introduce the negative idea.

Because it is in a subordinate clause introduced by ne after monet.

The pattern is:

• moneo aliquem ne + subjunctive
• warn someone not to ...

So:

• ne ... accedat = not to approach

This is not a main-statement verb. It is part of the warning clause, and Latin regularly uses the subjunctive in this construction.

Because accedit would be indicative, meaning something like she approaches.

But here Latin does not mean the father warns her, and she approaches. Instead, it means:

• the father warns her not to approach

That requires the subjunctive:

• accedat

So the difference is grammatical as well as logical:

• accedit = indicative statement
• accedat = subjunctive in the dependent ne clause

Propius means nearer or too near / closer depending on context. Here it means closer.

It is the comparative form used adverbially:

• prope = near
• propius = nearer / more closely

So:

• propius accedat = approach more closely / come nearer

It modifies the verb accedat, so it works as an adverb.

Because it follows the preposition ad, and ad takes the accusative case.

• ad flammam = toward the flame / to the flame

So the pattern is:

• ad + accusative

That is why we have flammam, not flamma.

Literally, it means:

• approach nearer to the flame

More natural English would be:

• go any closer to the flame
• come too close to the flame
• approach the flame more closely

The idea is that the father is warning her not to move closer to the fire.

Sed means but.

It marks a contrast between the two parts of the sentence:

• Soror quoque salire vult = The sister also wants to jump
• sed pater eam monet ... = but her father warns her ...

So the contrast is:

• she wants to do something
• but her father intervenes

Yes. Latin often names the noun clearly when introducing a new subject or creating contrast.

In the first clause, the subject is soror. In the second, the subject changes to pater. Using pater makes that shift clear:

• soror ... vult
• sed pater ... monet

If Latin had used only the verb without pater, the reader might need more context to know who is doing the warning.

Because accedat belongs to the ne clause, and its implied subject is still she, the sister, not both people.

So the structure is:

• pater eam monet = the father warns her
• ne ... accedat = that she not approach

Even though both soror and pater appear in the sentence, the person who would be approaching the flame is only her. Therefore the verb is singular.

A good way is to divide it into parts:

1. Soror quoque salire vult
   = The sister also wants to jump

2. sed pater eam monet
   = but the father warns her

3. ne ad flammam propius accedat
   = not to go closer to the flame

So the whole sentence is built like this:

• main clause
• sed
  • main clause
• dependent ne-clause after monet

That structure is very common in Latin prose.