Partes Sententiae (Grammatical Roles)
This role is the action of the sentence, and in Latin, typically goes at the very end.
What is the verb?
This verb means "he is" or "there is."
What is est?
This is the gender almost all first-declension nouns are.
What is feminine?
This is Latin for luck.
What is fortuna?
Translate the following: Via est longa.
What is the road is long or there is a long road?
This role performs the action of the sentence, or is described in a sentence without an action.
What is the subject?
This is the ending for all "they" verbs.
What is -nt?
These two cases are the same in the plural.
What are the dative and ablative cases?
This word is the opposite of novus.
What is antiquus?
Translate the following: Viae in Italia sunt bonae.
This role is typically translated by adding the word "of."
What are possessors?
This is the only verb that doesn't use -o as the first person singular ending.
What is sum?
The dictionary form of every noun is the nominative singular, followed by this form.
What is the genitive singular?
What is copia(e)?
Translate the following: Agricolae in terra Graeca laborant.
What is Farmers work on the Greek land?
This role has the action of the sentence done to it.
What is the direct object?
This is the location of the verb in most Latin sentences.
This is the letter the accusative singular ends in for both declensions.
What is m?
This is Magister's favorite word in Latin.
What is urbs?
Translate the following: Servi reginae aquam parant.
What is the queen's slaves get water?
This role has the action of the sentence done for its benefit.
What is the indirect object?
This is the ending that allows you to command a group of people.
What is -te?
This is the vowel of the second declension.
What is o?
This is the difference between the two meanings of familia: "family" and "household."
What is "household" includes slaves?
Translate the following: Puellae urnas magnas ranarum portant.
In a sentence with a predicate noun or adjective, the verb is usually one of these.
(We can take the Latin term, if you prefer to use it.)
What is a linking verb or copula?
This is what the second principal part of every verb means.
What is to verb?
What is the ablative singular of the first declension?
These are the four English meanings of the verb paro.
What are to get ready, prepare, acquire, get?
Translate the following: Forma Romae clara est propter Septimontium.
What is the shape of Rome is famous on account of the Seven Hills?