Post longam horam requies brevis discipulis valde bona est.

to be

Breakdown of Post longam horam requies brevis discipulis valde bona est.

• discipulus: the student
• longus: long
• bonus: good

Questions & Answers about Post longam horam requies brevis discipulis valde bona est.

Why is post followed by longam horam?

Because post is a preposition that takes the accusative case when it means after.

So:

• post = after
• horam = hour in the accusative singular
• longam matches horam in case, number, and gender, so it also becomes accusative singular

That is why Latin uses post longam horam for after a long hour.

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Why is it longam horam and not longa hora?

Because the phrase is the object of the preposition post, and post requires the accusative.

Compare:

• longa hora = a long hour, as a subject or in some other nominative use
• longam horam = a long hour, in the accusative after post

English does not show this change very much, but Latin does.

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What is the subject of the sentence?

The subject is requies brevis.

You can tell because:

• requies is nominative singular
• brevis agrees with it in nominative singular feminine
• the verb est is singular, matching that subject

So the sentence is about .