Using nominative case in Latin - SAT Subject Test in Latin

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Aquitania __________ est.

Answer

The correct answer is provincia. Because of the verb est, which comes from the verb esse, to be, the nominative must be used instead of the accusative in a construction called the predicate nominative.

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Tiberis et Padus __________ sunt.

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Tiberis and Padus are the latin names for the rivers Tiber and Po, respectively. The word for river in Latin is Flumen, the nominative singular is Flumina.

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