Cases
What are the five Latin cases?
Nominative, genitive, dative, accusative, and ablative.
Why are fourth conjugation verbs called “copycat i-lovers”?
They copycat the third conjugation verbs but keep their i’
How do you form the Nominative?
First form of the word.
Conjugate Sum
Sum
es
est
summus
estis
sunt
What two cases do prepositions take?
Accusative and ablative
Give the stem of these verbs:
Ponere
Mittere
Laudare
Sentire
Pone
Mitte
Lauda
Senti
How do you form the Genitive case?
Take the 2nd form.
Translate to latin: Of the cross
Crucis
What are the two uses of the accusative case?
Direct objects (Receiving the action of the sentence)
OR objects of some prepositions
How do you form the present tense of Latin verbs for an -Ere and -Ire verb?
For -ere verbs:take the stem, change the “e” to “i,” and add the endings. (The first person singular and third person plural are exceptions.)
For -ire verbs: Take the stem + ending
What is the accusative of these nouns:
Civis, civis
Veritas, veritatis
Tempus, Temporis (n)
Civem
Viritatem
Tempus
Conjugate Ero
Ero
eris
erit
erimus
eritis
erunt
Translate to Latin: By the cross
Ab cruce
What is an indirect object? What case does it belong to?
The person to whom or for whom the action of the sentence is done.
Dative case.
How do you form the future for -ere & -ire verbs?
For an -ere verb: take the stem + endings. (The first person singular is an exception.)
For an -ire verb: take the stem + e + endings. (The first person singular is an exception.)
How do you form the ablative?
Stem + e
Conjugate Poteram
Poteram
Poteras
Poterat
Poteramus
Poteratis
Poterant
Translate to Latin: For the cross
Cruci
How do you form the past tense for an -ere and -ire verb?
For an -ere verb: take the stem + ba + endings.
For -ire verbs: take the stem +e + ba + ending
How do you form the Dative?
Stem + I
Conjugate Volo
Volo
vis
vult
volumus
vultis
volunt
Translate to Latin: The leader is learning
Dux Discit