CONJUNCTION CONJUNCTION, WHAT'S THAT FUNCTION?
Conjugate canto in the 1st-person plural, present tense.
CANTAMUS
Give the nominative plural of puella and translate it.
puellae — “the girls”
What case usually indicates the direct object?
Accusative
What tense is cantavi?
PERFECT
What English word comes from habito, habitare?
habitat — a place where something lives
What person, number, tense, and meaning is docebatis?
2nd person plural, imperfect, “you were teaching.”
Give the genitive plural of amicus.
amicorum
What case indicates possession?
Genitive
Translate eramus.
“We were.”
Translate careo and state what case normally accompanies it according to the study guide.
“to be without / be deprived of / lack”; ablative of separation.
Conjugate mitto in the 3rd-person plural, present tense.
MITTUNT
What are the nominative and accusative plural endings for a 2nd-declension neuter noun?
Nominative -a, accusative -a.
Give the case and function of puellae in:
“Amicus puellae donum dat.”
Dative singular; indirect object — “to/for the girl.”
What is the difference in meaning between doceo, docebam, and docebo?
“I teach,” “I was teaching,” and “I will teach.”
Identify the Latin root and give two English derivatives: scriba / scribo.
Root scrib-/script-; scribe, script, describe, inscription, manuscript (any two)
Parse capiebam completely and translate it.
1st person singular, imperfect, “I was taking/capturing.”
Decline rex through all six cases in the singular.
rex, regis, regi, regem, rege, rex
Explain the difference between the functions of the ablative and dative cases.
Ablative commonly functions as the object of a preposition and can mean “by/with/from”; dative commonly marks the indirect object, “to/for.”
Identify the mood and translate amate.
Imperative, “love!” or “love, you all!”
(1st-conjugation plural imperative.)
From the Latin lego, legere, give three English derivatives and explain how the original idea of “to read, choose, gather” connects to at least one of them
lecture, legible, select, collect, election, intellect (any three); e.g. select comes from the idea of “choose.”
Without looking at a chart, give the complete present-tense conjugation of esse.
sum, es, est, sumus, estis, sunt.
Identify the declension, gender, case, and number of corporibus and give every possible basic translation.
3rd-declension neuter, dative or ablative plural; “to/for the bodies” or “by/with/from the bodies.”
A noun ends in -is. Give at least four possible grammatical analyses it could have depending on the noun and context.
It could be genitive singular or dative/ablative plural in several declensions; context and the noun’s declension determine the correct interpretation.
Identify the mood, person, number, tense, and translation of mittete.
Imperative, 2nd-person plural: “send!” / “Send, you all!”
Translate and parse every major element of:
“Ceteri milites circum castra ambulabant, quod periculum timebant.”
“The other soldiers were walking around the camp because they feared danger.”