Numbers
- Number tells how many. There are three numbers: singular, plural, and dual. Singular denotes one, plural denotes more than one, dual denotes two (specifically, two that make a well-definined pair). The dual number no longer exists in Latin except for in the words duo (two) and ambo (both), and even then only in the masculine of the nominative.
- Two or more subjects take a plural verb (or adjective or noun, etc.) unless one subject is much closer or much more important than the other.
- Pater et mater mortui sunt. Father and mother are dead. (two singulars make a plural)
- Pater mortuus est, et canis. Father is dead, and the dog [too]. (One singular subject, much closer to the verb and much more important, governs the verb, even though there is also a another subject.)
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