The point
Forms are not labels. They are constraints.
A case ending can rule out a tempting translation. A tense can change the shape of a clause. A mood can move the sentence from statement to possibility, command, or dependence.
Marking morphology before drafting is a way of letting the Latin resist the reader’s first guess.
Ask before drafting
- What is the finite verb, and what can it govern?
- Which nouns can agree with which adjectives or participles?
- Which cases are structural, and which are local or idiomatic?
- Which tags are still uncertain enough to leave open?
A morphology tag is useful only if it can change the translation.
Review testGood uncertainty
Students do not need to pretend that every form is obvious at first sight. It is better to mark a reasonable possibility, keep it visible, and revise it when the sentence demands a different analysis.