To be or not to be
Nouns, how do they work?
Vocabula
Grammar Grandma
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100

The 1st person, singular, present form of 'to be' in Latin 

What is sum?

100

A type of noun whose nominative and accusative forms are always the same.

What is a neuter noun?

100

A word that often gets confused for the adjective 'pretty'

What is bellum, i (n)?

100

A type of word that agrees with the noun it modifies in number, case, and gender.

What is an adjective?

100

These two cases are always the same in the plural.

What are the dative and ablative?

200

The 3rd person, singular, present, indicative form of 'to be'

What is est?

200

The only declension in Latin that has a unique vocative case, but only in the masculine.

What is the 2nd declension?

200

A word who rose to prominence due to a popular brand of virtual reality headsets.

What is oculus, i (m)?

200

A type of verb that connects a main clause to its predicate without taking an object.

What is a linking verb?

200

Unfortunately, the neuter does not have this distinct case inflection.

What is the neuter vocative?

300

The present infinitive of 'to be' in Latin

What is esse?

300

Nouns who end in -us, but typically describe places, trees, and Greek loan words.

What are 2nd declension feminine nouns?

300

The Latin word for when you have had your fill.

What is satio, satiare?

300

A noun that is in the same case as the subject, mostly nominative, but is separated by a linking verb?

What is a predicate nominative?

300

The dictionary will give you these two cases when researching a word.

What are the nominative and genitive?

400

The 2nd person, present, indicative plural of 'to be' in Latin.

What is estis?

400

Two nouns that are in the same case and are used to more fully explain the subject.

What is apposition?

400

A word that literally means 'someone who cares for the field'?

What is agricola?

400

An adjective can change between these declensions depending on the gender it takes.

What are the 1st and 2nd declensions?

400

In the plural forms, these always end in -a.

What are neuter accusative and nominative plurals?

500

The 2nd person, present, indicative form of 'to be' in Latin

What is es?

500

These declensions can have nouns of all genders.

What are the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th declension?

500

One of the last -mi verbs in Latin, a remnant of a lost age.

What is sum, esse?

500

An irregular dative/ablative case to distinguish between its alike masculine counterpart.

What is filiabus?

500

This is an irregular vocative for names ending in -ius.

What is -I?

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