Breakdown of Mater filium ad scholam comitatur.
mater
the mother
ad
to
schola
the school
comitari
to accompany
Questions & Answers about Mater filium ad scholam comitatur.
Why is mater not matrem?
Because mater is the subject of the sentence, so it is in the nominative case.
- mater = mother as the doer of the action
- matrem would be mother as a direct object
In this sentence, the mother is the one accompanying someone, so Latin uses mater.
Why is filium in the accusative?
Filium is the direct object of comitatur, so it appears in the accusative case.
Here, the son is the person being accompanied:
- mater = the mother
- filium = the son
Even though in English we say accompanies her son, Latin marks her son with the accusative ending -um.
Why is there ad scholam instead of just scholam?