Cases and Functions
The subject case.
What is the nominative?
A dining room with three couches to recline on.
What is a triclinium?
The second person singular verb ending.
What is "-s"?
Both are nouns; one means "letter/literature" and the other means "language/tongue."
What are "littera, litterae (f)" what are "lingua, linguae (f)"?
The first person singular verbs often end in "-o," or this other letter.
What is "-m"?
The direct object case.
What is the accusative?
The formal entry hall.
What is the atrium?
The third person plural verb ending.
What is "-nt"?
One is a noun that means "gate," and the other is a verb that means "to carry".
What are "porta, portae (f)" and "porto, portare"?
What is a cubiculum?
The case you use with the preposition "in" to mean "in" or "on" the noun. Also used for relative location.
What is the ablative?
The foyer or main entryway.
What is the fauces or vestibulum?
The third person singular verb ending.
What is "-t"?
Both are verbs; one means "to fight" and the other means "to prepare."
What are "pugno, pugnare" and "paro, parare"?
These are the three first declension nouns we know that are masculine instead of feminine.
What are "agricola, agricolae;" "poeta, poetae;" and "nauta, nautae"?
The "of" case, often used to express possession or description.
What is the genitive?
A colonnaded garden or courtyard.
What is the peristylium?
The first person plural verb ending.
What is "-mus"?
Both are conjugations of the verb "sum, esse"; One means "he/she/it is" and the other means "they are."
What are "est" and "sunt"?
Translate:
Agricolae poetas sunt.
What is "the farmers are poets" in Latin?
The indirect object case, often using "to" or "for" in English.
What is the dative?
Shop at the front of the house.
What is a taberna?
The second person plural verb ending.
What is "-tis"?
DAILY DOUBLE
All three are nouns; one means "life," one means "road/way," and one means "farmhouse."
What are "vita, vitae (f);" "via, viae (f);" and "villa; villae (f)"?
Translate:
Spectantne nautae feminas?
Are the sailors watching (looking at) the women?