Word
Si nota mala in charta est, discipulus tristis non fit, sed melius laborare conatur.
Meaning
If there is a bad mark on the paper, the student does not become sad, but tries to work better.
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Breakdown of Si nota mala in charta est, discipulus tristis non fit, sed melius laborare conatur.
esse
to be
laborare
to work
discipulus
the student
in
on
Questions & Answers about Si nota mala in charta est, discipulus tristis non fit, sed melius laborare conatur.
Why does the sentence begin with si?
Si means if and introduces a condition.
So Si nota mala in charta est is the if-clause, and the rest of the sentence tells what happens in that situation.
In this sentence, the verbs are in the present tense, so the sense is something like a general truth or usual situation:
- If there is a bad mark on the paper, ...
Why is it nota mala? What case are those words in?
Both nota and mala are nominative singular feminine.
- nota = mark, note, grade
- mala = bad
They match because mala describes nota. This is adjective agreement: the adjective agrees with the noun in gender, number, and case.
Here nota mala is the subject of est.
Why is it in charta and not something else?
Because in with the ablative is used for location.
- charta is ablative singular
- so in charta means on the paper or in/on the paper
A learner often expects in to mean only in, but in Latin it can also correspond to English , depending on context.