I stem rules
Forming tenses
Cases
Gender Rules
Conversational Latin
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  1. What is the second part of Rule A for i-stems? The first part of the rule is that the first form ends in -is or -es

The first and second form must have the same number of syllables

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How do you form the future of a 3rd conjugation verb?

Find the stem (drop the "re) and add the endings m, s, t, mus, tis, nt. The first person singular and 3rd person plural are irregular

100

What Latin case does an appositive take?

whatever case the noun it modifies is in

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How can you tell if a noun is feminine

It ends in s-o-x in the first form

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Quid agis? means "How are you?" True or false?

True.
"Quid" typically means "what"; it's more of an idiomatic expression when used with the verb agere, to do, which makes it mean "how." So it literally means, "How is it going?""Quid agis?" is literally "What are you doing?" but is idiomatically used to mean "How are you doing?"

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What is the second part of Rule B? The first part is that the first form must end in s, or x.

And first and second form must have two consonants in the stem.
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What letter does the present tense use in its stem? E or I?

I

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What case is used for subjects and predicate nominatives

Nominative

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How can you tell if a noun is masculine?

It ends in er-r-or in the first form

200

Bene means terrible.

False. 

Bene=Well

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What is the second part of Rule C for i-stems? The first part is that the first form must end in al, ar, or e

The word must be neuter.
300

What two letters are the tense marker for the past tense?

"ba"

300

What case is used for possessives?

genitive

300

How can you tell if a noun is neuter?

It ends in l-a-n-c-e-t in the first form

300

Pessime means terrific!

False. It means terrible.

400

What i-stem word means "sea"?

mare, maris

400

Do the future and past tense like to keep the "e" in the stem?

Yes

400

What case is used for the direct object and object of some prepositions?

accusative

400
Since Caesar ends in an "ar" in the first form, it is neuter. True of false

False.

It follows the natural gender rule.

Caesar denotes a masculine person, so it's masculine.

400
Optime, terrific, gives us the English derivative> optimist. True or false.

True

500

What i-stem word means "part"?

pars, partis

500
Latin regular verbs are formed by first finding the stem of the verb and dropping the -re ending. True or false

True

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What case is used for by/with/from and the object of some prepositions?

ablative

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Is pons, pontis feminine?

No. It's assigned a masculine gender.

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Does Sum bene mean I am well?

Yes

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