Vocabulary
Translate into English: terra, terrae
land, earth
What is the 1st declension nominative singular ending?
a
What is the full name of the case abbeviated nom.?
nominative
What is the role of a word in the sentence that is in the nominative case?
subject
What are the names of the genders in Latin?
masculine, feminine, neuter
Translate into English: victoria, victoriae
victory
What is the 1st declension dative singular ending?
ae
What is the full name of the case abbreviated acc.?
accusative
What is/are the role(s) of a word in a sentence in the accusative case?
direct object, object of a preposition
What words do we sometimes use in an English sentence before nouns that Latin does not have?
articles/article adjective (the, a, an)
Translate into English: orant
they pray
What is the 1st declension ablative plural ending?
is
What is the full name of the case abbreviated gen.?
genitive
What is the role of a word in the sentence in the dative case?
indirect object
What is most unusual to English speakers about Latin word order?
Translate into Latin: they see
vident
What cases could a word ending in -ae (1st declension) belong to?
genitive singular, dative singular, nominative plural
What is the full name of the case abbreviated abl.?
ablative
What are the keywords to help us translate the ablative case into English?
by, with, from
Why is Latin considered an inflected language?
The endings of many words in Latin change spellings in order to change the job they play in the sentence.
Translate into Latin: sailor
Give both the full nominative and accusative forms.
nauta, nautae
How can you tell the difference between the 1st declension nominative singular and the 1st declension ablative singular?
The ablative singular ending must have a long mark over it.
What is the full name of the case abbreviated dat.?
dative
What type of word is represented most often by the genitive in Latin, and what is the English keyword for this case?
possessive (the genitive most often shows possession, but not always);
"of"
What gender is nauta, and why?
It is masculine because it means sailor, and sailors in Ancient Rome were always men.