THE WRITING OF NARRATIVE
LATIN

PART I

LESSON I
THE SENTENCE. THE CONCORDS

1.   A sentence in its fullest form consists of (i) subject;
(2) objects, direct and indirect; (3) verb; (4) the modifiers of
each.   These modifiers may be words, phrases, or clauses.

2.   The subject of a sentence is in the nominative case;
the direct object is in the accusative case; the indirect object
is in the dative case.

a.   The indirect object is the person or thing to which or for
which a thing is done, toward which a thought or feeling is
directed, or to whose benefit or hurt a state or condition exists.

b.   In English the indirect object is usually expressed by a
phrase with to or for; but if the indirect object immediately
follows the verb, the preposition is omitted. Thus, he gave a
book to him or he gave him a hook,

3.   Tenses.

Tense forms in English, in, simple and compound sentences,
are represented in Latin by the tenses expressing in part the
time in which the action lies (present, past, or future), and in
part the nature of the action (continued or completed). Thus,
the troops are coming now represents an action going on (con¬
tinued) in present time and requires in Latin the present tense;

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