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That means that it plays a different role in the sentence.

'insula' is very specific. 'insula' is the subject of the sentence doing the action, and there is only one of it, for it is singular. (it is the nominative singular in the first declension, if you want it in more technical terms) Like 'The island showed us kindness'. (insula can also mean 'apartment building'. Watch out for context clues.) 'Insula' can also be ablative singular, the case used after prepositions meaning 'from, by, on, with', for example 'we swam here from the island'.

However, 'insulae' can be many things.

It can be the singular genitive, meaning that there is still only one island, but the sentence describes something belonging to it, like 'the island's fruit kept hunger at bay'.

It can be the singular dative, meaning that there is one island, but something is being done to or for it. Like 'we gave gifts to the island'.

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It can be the plural subject, meaning that it is still performing the action, but now there are multiple islands, like 'the three islands slowly came together so form a mega-island'.

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