Mater filiae aegrotae adest.

the mother

Breakdown of Mater filiae aegrotae adest.

• filia: the daughter
• aegrotus: sick
• adesse: to be there for

Questions & Answers about Mater filiae aegrotae adest.

What does adest mean, and how is it different from est?

Adest is from adsum, a compound of sum (to be) with ad (to, near, at).

So est just means is, but adest has a stronger sense like:

• is present
• is here
• is at hand
• sometimes is there for someone

In this sentence, adest is important because it often goes with a dative noun, showing the person someone is present to or for.

What is the subject of the sentence?

The subject is mater.

You can tell because:

• mater is in the nominative singular
• adest is third person singular
• the verb must agree with its subject, so a singular subject fits

So the basic structure is:

mater ... adest = the mother ... is present/is here

Why is mater nominative, and what declension is it?