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Rule 58: Time with the Ablative and Accusative

How did the Romans tell time? One way to answer this is with a sundial, but a different way is with the accusative and ablative cases. This video explores what each case illustrates with respect to time words. And you can think of time as a function of space, so the accusative shows movement through time, while the ablative shows a moment in time.

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Published on September 10, 2020

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