Et tu, Ophelia

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Anonymous

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Pretty much anyone knows the sentances: 'Et tu, Brute?'

I have a very limited knowledge of Latin and was wondering, could this sentence also be used for females?
So 'Et tu, Ophelia?'
I presume not, so I am looking for the female variety of this sentence, could anyone help me out?

Thanks!
 

QMF

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Yes, actually. For the majority of nouns that do not end in -us in Latin, this form (called the vocative) does not change, so that sentence is grammatically correct.
 

Fulgor Laculus

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Nor is the tu dependent on the gender of the entity addressed. Like English, Latin's second person pronoun does not distinguish gender; this, in contrast with languages like Arabic or Hebrew, for instance.
 
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Thank you both!

For once I overestimated the complexity of Latin.
 
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