Vocabulary
This is the place where you live
Casa
The case used for subjects
Nominative
A word that points out a relationship between two other words
What is a Preposition
If you are feeling patriotic, then you feel the same as the ancient Romans did for this place.
What is Patria
Julia is a daughter.
Aqua
This case expresses the relationships of the English prepositions to and for, and is the indirect object of the verb
What is the dative case
The changing (inflection) of a noun’s ending
What is declension
If you are in the navy, then you may be assigned to this Latin derivative.
What is naviculum
Agricolae feras necant.
The farmers kill wild beasts.
If I reach into my wallet, I might take out some of this.
Pecunia
This case is used for direct objects
What is the accusative case
This term refers to the inflection of a verb
Conjugation
What is "Luna"
The farmers work the lands in the country, and the daughters of the farmers walk in the forest.
Agricolae terras ruri laborant, et filiae agricolarum in silva ambulant.
This fearsome creature wanders the forests
Fera
The case used to express possession
What is the genitive case
This term refers to a noun or pronoun upon which the verb is acting indirectly
What is the indirect object
If you are the headmaster of a school, you occupy a position whose name is taken from the Latin word for "beginning"
What is "Principio"
Dominae ancillam e culina vocant, et ancilla dominarum aquam et rosas ad cenam portat.
The ladies call the maidservant from the kitchen, and the maidservant of the ladies carries water and roses to the table.
When I fight with Cornelia, I might do this to her feelings.
Injuria
The last of the most common Latin cases, used to express relationships of the English prepositions, from, with, by, in or at
What is the ablative case
In Latin, these are either in the accusative or ablative case, and are determined by the preposition.
What is the object of a preposition
You might attract an admirer who praises your "pulchritudinous looks", which draws on this Latin adjective.
What is "pulchra"
The daughter of the farmer gives water to the chickens.
Filia agricolae aquam gallinis dat.