Grammar Questions
Nouns that name male or female persons have ____ gender.
Nouns that name non-living things have ____ gender.
male/female = natural gender
non-living = grammatical gender
heaven/sky
friend
god
caelum -i n.
amicus -i m.
deus -i. m.
before the war
ante bellum
Counting numbers are called _____ numbers
Numbers which indicate the order of things are called _____ numbers.
Counting = cardinal
order of things = ordinal
Feminine Singular Adjective endings
a
ae
ae
am
ā
The declension a noun belongs to is determined by the ___ _____ ending.
genitive singular
horse
slave/servant
world/mankind
equus -i m.
servus -i m.
mundus -i m.
Eternal Rome
Roma Aeterna
The subject and verb must agree in _____ and ____.
in person and number
Feminine Plural Adjective endings
ae
arum
is
as
is
In Latin, an adjective must agree with it's noun in ____, ____, and _____ but NOT ______.
must in gender, number, and case
NOT in declension
town
kingdom
queen
oppidum -i n.
regnum -i n.
regina -ae f.
In the Year of Our Lord
Anno Domini (AD)
All neuter nouns obey the "neuter rule":
The nominative and accusative case forms are _____
The nominative and accusative plural case ending is __
..are identical
plural case ending is -a.
Masculine Singular Adjective endings
us
i
o
um
o
A ____ ____ follows a linking verb and renames the subject.
predicate nominative
Cardinal numbers 1-10
unus, duo, tres, quattuor, quinque,
sex, septem, octo, novem, decem
The mother of Italy, Rome
Mater Italiae, Roma
A ____ ____ follows a linking verb and describes the subject.
predicate adjective
Masculine Plural Adjective endings
i
orum
is
os
is
Give the case for each of these functions:
Subject case?
Possessive (of) case?
Indirect object (to/for) case?
Direct object case?
in/by/with/from case?
Subject = nominative
Possessive (of) = genitive
Indirect (to/for) = dative
Direct = accusative
IBWF = ablative
Ordinal numbers 1st-10th
primus, secundus, tertius, quartus, quintus,
sextus, septimus, octavus, nonus, decimus
(all have the -a -um endings)
The four seasons of the year
quattuor anni tempora
What are the four attributes of nouns
declension, gender, number, case
Neuter Singular AND Plural Adjective endings
um a
i orum
o is
um a
o is