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Compare the forms of the Plural ‘nautae,’ sailors, in the above sentences: nautae mē amant, sailors like me; nautās amō, I like sailors; audācia nautārum, the courage of sailors; cum nautīs, with sailors. Note that the ending -ae, like the English -s, has two different meanings: nautae = (1) sailor’s, (2) sailors.

Compare the different forms of the same word (Plural Number) in the following sentences:


 * Villae bellae sunt. There are pretty country-houses, or The country-houses are pretty.


 * Villās bellās amo. I love pretty contry-houses.


 * Iānuae villārum bellārum sunt apertae. The doors of the pretty country-houses are open.


 * In villīs bellīs habitant. They dwell in pretty country-houses.