SINGULAR PLURAL
_Nom._ dea bona deae bonae
_Gen._ deae bonae deā´rum bonā´rum
_Dat._ deae bonae deā´bus bonīs
_Acc._ deam bonam deās bonās
_Abl._ deā bonā dea´bus bonīs

_a._ In the same way decline together «fīlīa parva».

«68.» «Latin Word Order.» The order of words in English and in Latin
sentences is not the same.

In English we arrange words in a fairly fixed order. Thus, in the
sentence _My daughter is getting dinner for the farmers_, we cannot
alter the order of the words without spoiling the sentence. We can,
however, throw emphasis on different words by speaking them with more
force. Try the effect of reading the sentence by putting special force
on _my, daughter, dinner, farmers_.

In Latin, where the office of the word in the sentence is shown by its
_ending_ (cf. §32.1), and not by its _position_, the order of words is
more free, and position is used to secure the same effect that in
English is secured by emphasis of voice. To a limited extent we can
alter the order of words in English, too, for the same purpose. Compare
the sentences

_I saw a game of football at Chicago last November_ (normal order)
_«Last November» I saw a game of football at Chicago_
_At Chicago, last November, I saw a game of «football»_