Grammar: Relative Pronoun at "Beginning"
of Sentence
In both classical and medieval Latin, it is extremely common to "begin"
a sentence with a relative pronoun. You will find it much easier to mentally
replace that relative pronoun with a demonstrative pronoun, giving yourself
a kind of "mental break" between the clauses:
Marcus loquebatur de rebus multis.
Cui respondit Camilla: "Tace, o stulte!"
is the same as:
Marcus loquebatur de rebus multis.
Ei respondit Camilla: "Tace, o stulte!"
(or: Marco respondit camilla: "Tace, o stulte!"
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