Discipulus hanc sententiam recte transferre experitur.

The core structure is:

• Discipulus = the subject, the student
• experitur = the main finite verb, tries / attempts
• transferre = an infinitive, to translate / to carry across
• hanc sententiam = the object of the infinitive, this sentence
• recte = an adverb, correctly

So the pattern is:

subject + object + adverb + infinitive + main verb

Very literally, it is something like:

The student tries to translate this sentence correctly.

Because it is the subject of the sentence.

• discipulus = nominative singular
• It tells you who is doing the action

Here, the student is the one trying, so discipulus must be nominative.

Hanc is the feminine accusative singular form of hic, haec, hoc, meaning this.

It has to match sententiam, which is also:

• feminine
• singular
• accusative

So:

• hanc = this (feminine accusative singular)
• sententiam = sentence (feminine accusative singular)

They agree because hanc is describing sententiam.

Because it is the direct object of transferre.

The student is trying to translate what?
Answer: hanc sententiam.

Even though transferre is an infinitive, it can still take its own direct object. So sententiam is accusative because it is the thing being translated.

Here sententia means sentence, as in a sentence of language.

But in other contexts, sententia can also mean things like:

• opinion
• view
• judgment
• thought

So this is a word whose meaning depends a lot on context. In a classroom or translation setting, sententia often means sentence.

Because it depends on experitur.

Experitur means tries or attempts, and in Latin verbs like this are commonly followed by an infinitive:

• experitur transferre = tries to translate

So transferre is not the main verb of the sentence. It is the action that the student is trying to do.

Recte is an adverb meaning correctly or properly.

It modifies the verbal idea transferre:

• recte transferre = to translate correctly

It tells you how the translating is being done.

Experitur is:

• 3rd person singular
• present tense
• indicative mood

It comes from the deponent verb experior, experiri, expertus sum.

So experitur means:

• he tries
• she tries
• the student tries

Here, since the subject is discipulus, it means the student tries.

A deponent verb is a verb that has passive-looking forms but an active meaning.

So although experitur looks passive in form, it means:

• not is tried
• but tries or attempts

This is normal for experior and other deponent verbs.

So you should learn experior as a deponent verb from the beginning.

Because Latin word order is much more flexible than English word order.

Placing the finite verb at or near the end is very common in Latin. So:

• Discipulus hanc sententiam recte transferre experitur

is perfectly normal Latin style.

English usually prefers something like:

• The student is trying to translate this sentence correctly

But Latin often saves the main finite verb for the end.

Yes, often they could.

For example, Latin could also say things like:

• Hanc sententiam discipulus recte transferre experitur
• Discipulus recte hanc sententiam transferre experitur

The exact emphasis might change a little, but the basic meaning would stay the same because the endings show the grammatical roles.

That said, not every rearrangement is equally natural. The given order is a very normal one.

Yes, it can be.

Literally, transferre means to carry across. From that idea, it can also mean to transfer or to translate, depending on context.

In a language-learning context, transferre can mean translate.

So here it makes good sense as:

• to translate this sentence

Because Latin usually expresses to + verb with a single infinitive form.

So English:

• to translate

becomes Latin:

• transferre

The -re ending here is part of the infinitive form. Latin does not need a separate word like English to.

A very literal translation would be:

The student tries this sentence correctly to translate.

That sounds unnatural in English, but it helps show the Latin structure.

A better natural English translation is:

The student tries to translate this sentence correctly.

Yes, basically.

Hic, haec, hoc often points to something near, present, or currently in focus. So hanc sententiam means this sentence.

In a classroom context, it could mean:

• this sentence on the page
• this sentence we are discussing
• this sentence right here

So the demonstrative gives a sense of immediacy or nearness.

In other contexts, forms of experior can have meanings like:

• try
• test
• experience

But in this sentence, because it is followed by the infinitive transferre, the meaning is clearly:

• tries
• attempts

So context tells you which English meaning fits best.