Word
Serva ampullam e mensa tollit et vas integrum in armario ponit.
Meaning
The maid takes the bottle from the table and puts the whole vessel in the cupboard.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
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Breakdown of Serva ampullam e mensa tollit et vas integrum in armario ponit.
in
in
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and
mensa
the table
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from
Questions & Answers about Serva ampullam e mensa tollit et vas integrum in armario ponit.
How do I know serva is the subject of the sentence?
Because serva is in the nominative singular, the case normally used for the subject.
Also, the verb tollit means she takes up / removes, so the sentence needs a singular subject, and serva fits that role.
So in the first clause:
- serva = subject
- ampullam = direct object
- tollit = verb
In the second clause, the subject is still the same serva, even though Latin does not repeat it.
Why is ampullam ending in -am?
The ending -am shows that ampullam is accusative singular.
The accusative case is commonly used for the direct object, meaning the thing directly affected by the verb. Here, the maid is taking up or removing the bottle/flask, so ampullam is the object of tollit.
This is a very common first-declension pattern:
- nominative singular: ampulla
- accusative singular: ampullam
What is e mensa doing in the sentence?
E mensa means from the table.
The preposition e or ex takes the ablative case, so here is ablative singular.