Breakdown of Factio nostra vincere potest!
posse
to be able
noster
our
vincere
to win
factio
the racing faction; team
Questions & Answers about Factio nostra vincere potest!
What part of the sentence is the subject?
The subject is factio nostra — our faction or our side.
- factio = faction, group, side, party
- nostra = our
Together they form a noun phrase, and that phrase is the thing doing the action of being able to win.
Why is it nostra and not noster or nostrum?
Because nostra has to agree with factio.
In Latin, adjectives must match the noun they describe in:
- gender
- number
- case
factio is:
- feminine
- singular
- nominative
So the possessive adjective must also be:
- feminine
- singular
- nominative
That gives nostra.
Compare:
- noster = masculine singular nominative
- nostra = feminine singular nominative
- nostrum would not be the right form here
What case is factio nostra in?
It is in the .