Learn Hardcore Latin: Pluvia nos domi manere cogit, sed pater dicit otium quoque utile esse. - The rain forces us to stay at home, but father says that rest also is useful.

Pluvia nos domi manere cogit, sed pater dicit otium quoque utile esse.

The rain forces us to stay at home, but father says that rest also is useful.

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Questions & Answers about Pluvia nos domi manere cogit, sed pater dicit otium quoque utile esse.

Why is nos used instead of nōs as a subject like we?

Here nos is accusative, not nominative.

That is because nos is the object of cogit: the rain forces us.
Latin often uses this pattern with cogere:

cogere + accusative + infinitive
aliquem aliquid facere cogere = to force someone to do something

So:

Pluvia = the rain
nos = us
manere = to stay
cogit = forces

Literally: The rain forces us to stay...

At the same time, nos is also understood as the subject of manere. In English we say forces us to stay; Latin does the same idea with accusative + infinitive.

Why is manere an infinitive?

Because after cogit Latin uses an infinitive to express the action someone is forced to do.

So:

nos manere cogit = forces us to stay

This is a very common construction with verbs like iubet, vetat, cogit, and similar verbs. English often uses to + verb, and Latin uses the infinitive:

to stay = manere