Matri displicet clamor qui extra domum manet.

Mother is displeased by the noise that remains outside the house.

Breakdown of Matri displicet clamor qui extra domum manet.

• domus: the house
• mater: the mother
• manere: to remain
• clamor: the noise

Questions & Answers about Matri displicet clamor qui extra domum manet.

Why is matri used instead of mater?

Because displicet works with the dative for the person who feels the reaction.

So in this sentence:

• matri = to the mother
• clamor = the thing that is displeasing

Latin says this idea as:

• The noise is displeasing to the mother

where English often prefers:

• The mother dislikes the noise

So mater would be nominative and would make mother the subject, but here clamor is the subject.

What is the subject of displicet?

The subject is clamor.

You can tell because:

• clamor is nominative singular
• displicet is 3rd person singular

They match.

So grammatically, Latin is saying:

• clamor displicet matri = the noise displeases the mother

not

• the mother displeases the noise

Why is displicet singular?

It is singular because its subject, clamor, is singular.

Latin verbs agree with their subject in and . Since there is one , the verb is .