Vocab
sagitta, -ae
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sicam
the dagger (DO)
I give.
What case ending does the subject of a sentence always get?
Nominative
Feminae piratas amant, itaque piratae villas non cremant.
The women love the pirates, and so the pirates do not burn the farmhouses.
native land
patria, -ae
What case ending does the direct object always get?
Accusative
What is the difference between an action verb and a being verb?
Action: the subject is doing an action
Being: the subject is being something
How do you find the stem of a verb?
Go to the second principal part and chop off the "re"
Sumus piratae, poetae, et nautae, sed estis reginae et puellae.
We are pirates, poets, and sailors, but you all are queens and girls.
I dwell
habito (1)
to the water (NOT dative, use a preposition!)
ad aquam
What is the second person plural verb ending?
tis
What are the first declension noun endings?
a, ae, ae, am, a
ae, arum, is, as, is
Pirata est et cantat et clamat male; sum femina et amo nautam et canto bene.
He is a pirate and he sings and shouts badly; I am a woman and I love a sailor and sing well.
e, ex (+abl)
out of, from
by the sands
harenis
They are shouting.
Clamant.
What are the endings for verbs of action?
o, s, t, mus, tis, nt
The beasts fight against the sailors in a cave, and so the girls watch from the beach. The sailors conquer the beasts with daggers.
Bestiae pugnant in nautas in spelunca, itaque puellae spectant harena. Nautae superant bestias sicis.
into, against
in (+acc)
of the pirates
piratarum
We are women.
Sumus feminae.
What are the verbs of being?
Sum, es, est, sumus, estis, sunt.
The pirates dwell on an island in the ocean. I love a pirate, therefore I am a pirate.
Piratae habitant in insula in oceano. Amo piratam, itaque sum pirata.