On the Decline
This is how many Latin noun declensions there are.
What is five?
What is masculine, feminine, and neuter?
These are the noun cases.
What is nominative, genitive, dative, accusative and ablative?
Adjectives agree with the nouns they modify in gender, number, and this.
What is case?
These declensions contain mostly feminine nouns.
What are 1st and 5th?
If a Latin noun names a female person, this is the gender.
What is feminine?
This is the noun case that indicates the direct object.
What is accusative?
Translate "he prays."
What is "orat"?
What is after?
The 2nd declension nouns are these genders.
What is masculine and neuter?
If Latin nouns in the 3rd declension end in -er or -or (ERROR), this is the gender of the noun.
What is masculine?
This is the noun case that indicates possession.
What is genitive?
Translate "dederunt."
What is "they gave"?
The preposition "pro" always takes this case.
What is ablative?
The 3rd declension nouns are these genders.
What is masculine, feminine and neuter?
If a Latin noun in the 3rd declension end in -s, -o, -x (SOX), this is the gender of the noun.
What is feminine?
This is the noun case that is usually used with prepositions "by, with, from."
What is ablative?
Translate "sunt."
What is "they are"?
The adjective "cupidus" always takes this case.
What is genitive?
The fourth declension nouns are this gender.
What is masculine?
If a Latin noun in the 3rd declension ends in -l, -a, -n, -c, -e, or -t (LANCET), this is the gender of the noun.
What is neuter?
This is the noun case that indicates the indirect object.
What is dative?
Translate "vicerunt."
What is "they conquered"?
Translate "et...et."
What is "both...and"?