ubi

Where

Level 1

Ask where with ubi, and answer with in and a place.

How It Works

Question	Answer
Ubi est Marcus? Where is Marcus?	Marcus in villa est.
Ubi sunt pueri? Where are the boys?	Pueri in via sunt.
Ubi est Roma? Where is Rome?	Roma in Italia est.

Ubi sounds like OO-bee in both journeys.

A different word, quo, asks where to. You will meet it at Level 2 with the accusative.

Answer a ubi question with a place: in horto, in villa, in foro. In a statement, ubi can also mean when, which you meet at Level 3 with dum, postquam and cum.

Examples (4)

Ubi est Iulia? Iulia in horto est.
Where is Iulia? Iulia is in the garden.
The question starts with ubi. The answer uses in and the ablative horto.
Ubi sunt pueri? Pueri in via sunt.
Where are the boys? The boys are in the road.
Ubi goes with sunt when the subject is plural.
Ubi est Roma? Roma in Italia est.
Where is Rome? Rome is in Italy.
Italia is a first declension noun, and in Italia is ablative.
Ubi est Marcus? Marcus in foro est.
Where is Marcus? Marcus is in the forum.
Forum becomes foro in the ablative.

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Ubi is answered with in and a place, so in with the ablative comes first.

in + Ablative (Where Something Is)In a Place
Know in with the ablative, because the answer to ubi uses it: Ubi est Iulia? Iulia in horto est.
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