Nouns & Decl
What is a noun?
A person, place, or thing
What case belongs to the subject?
Nominative
Which of these are I stem nouns?:
Caedes, Caedis
Salus, salutis
Nomen, nominis
Pons, pontis
Eques, equitis
Gens, gentis
Caedes, caedis
Pons, pontis
Gens, gentis
What are the tense rules (present, past, future, future possible) for a Copycat I lover.
Present: Stem + ending
Past: Stem + e + ba +ending
Future Regular: Stem + e + ending
Future Possible : Stem + a +ending
Decline --, Sui
Nom: ---
Gen: sui
Dat: sibi
Acc: se
Abl: se
Name the declension ending (Gen sing.) for each of the declensions:
1st Decl: -Ae
2nd Decl: -I
3rd Decl: -Is
What are the uses of the Accusative case?
Direct object: receiving the action of the sentence
Object of some prepositions
For a masc/fem I stem noun, what case is different from the regular nouns? What do we add to the ending?
Genitive plural
add the I to the Um ending = -IUM
What is the difference between the future regular and the future possible?
Future regular expresses something that certainly will happen at a later time.
(stem + ending OR stem + e +ending)
Future possible expresses something that has a possibility to happen at a later time.
(stem+ e-->a+ending or Stem + a + ending)
Conjugate the future tense of Sum in Latin
Ero
Eris
Erit
Erimus
Eritis
Erunt
What are the gender rules for each of the Declensions?
1st: Mostly Fem unless it names a Masc. person
2nd: Mostly Masc. unless 1st form ends in -um (neuter)
3rd: Fem = SOX, Masc=ER-R-OR, Neuter =LANCET
What case belongs to the Indirect object? What prepositions usually accompanies it?
Dative, to or for
For a Neuter I stem noun, what cases are different from the regular nouns? What do we add to the ending?
Ablative Sing: E turns to an I
Nominative Plural: Add an I before the A ending
Genitive plural :add the I to the Um ending = -IUM
Accusative Plural: Add an I before the A ending
What are the three moods and what do they express?
Indicative: Facts/statements
Imperative: Commands
Subjunctive: Wishes or Potentiality
Translate: By the mountain
Ab Monte
Decline Copia, copiae
Copia
copiae
copiae
copiam
copia
copiae
copiarum
copiis
copias
copies
Translate: Of the daughters
What case should you use?
Filiarum
Genitive Plural
Recite the I stem rules
1. Ends in -is or -es in the nonnative first form and has the same number os syllables in the first & second form
2. Ends in -s or -x in the nominative first form and has a stem that ends in 2 consonants
3. Ends in -al, -ar, -e in the nominative first form (neuter nouns).
Form Munire into a singular and plural command.
Sing: Muni
Plural: Munite
What are the 3 possible uses for the preposition to?
1. To + verb = infinitive (to dance)
2. To + acc (ad montem, to/towards the mountain
3. To + Dative (To/for someone or something)
Decline Ager, Agri
Ager
Agri
Agro
Agrum
Agro
Agri
Agrorum
Agris
Agros
Agris
Translate: For the daughters
What case should you use?
Filiis
Dative Plural
Decline Mare, Maris
Mare
Maris
Mari
Mare
Mari
Maria
Marium
Maribus
Maria
Maribus
Put Sentire and Discere into the future possible, 2nd person plural
Sentiatis
Discatis
Conjugate the past tense of Possum in Latin.
Poteram
Poteras
Poterat
Poteramus
Poteratis
Poterant