FIRST DECLENSION
CAN YOU SPELL?
WHATS THE PHRASE?
PRONUNCIATION
Do you know your prayers?
50

-a/-ae

NOMINATIVE

50

one

una (macron over the u)

50

small cottage

casa parva

50

Casa est parva.

cah/sah est par/vah

50

O Roma felix!

O happy Rome!

75

-am/-as

ACCUSATIVE

75

three

tres (macron over the e)

75

a good maidservant

ancilla bona

75

Puella est pulchra.

pooh/el/lah est pool/krah

75

Ego sum resurrectio et vita.

I am the resurrection and the life.

100

-a/-is

ABLATIVE

100

two

duae

100

a Roman girl

puella Romana

100

Est opulent.

est oh/pooh/len/tah

100

Tota pulchra es, Maria.

Thou art all beautiful, O Mary.

200

-ae/-is

DATIVE

200

five

quinque

200

the pretty girls

puellae pulchrae

200

Familia est Christiana.

fah/mee/lee/ah est kris/tee/ah/nah

200

Benedictus fructus ventris tui, Jesus.

Blessed (is) the-fruit of-womb they Jesus.

500

-ae/-arum

GENITIVE

500

four

quattuor

500

Christian women

feminae Christianae

500

Ecclesia est Christiana.

ay/clay/zee/ah est kris/tee/ah/nah

500

Viae vestrae non sunt viae meae, dicit Dominus.

Thy ways are not my ways, says the Lord.

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