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Thank you. I kinda get what you mean. I will read it a few a times as it takes me a few goes to really get things.๐
Because learning Latin is basically learning to translate I am getting better at parsing sentences ๐I will get there.
Latin's a bit different from English. So not directly relatable. In Latin, you look at what case the direct object is in - if that is accusative, then all is well and good and the verb is transitive. HOWEVER if the direct object is in the nominative case, the transitive verb just became passive and the direct object suddenly became the new subject. It's complicated.
From your comment - straightforward transitive verbs in present and past tense.
I want bread.
I like wine.
I buy bread and wine.
I wanted bread.
I used to like wine.
I bought bread & wine.
All the bread & wine are in the accusative case. The subject is "I". You can see how the verbs change a bit according to tense in English.
Wine was bought by me - same subject (me), but a passive verb, and the wine takes the nominative case and becomes the subject of the sentence. In English there's no difference in spelling - but Latin there is.
Don't get me started on intransitive verbs or I will run screaming into the night. Next week.