Latin Verb Endings
The part of a Latin verb that tells you who is doing the action.
What is the Personal Ending?
The case used for direct objects.
What is the accusative case?
Latin verbs agree with their subjects in these two things?
What are number and person?
Nautae pugnant.
The sailors fight.
Via, Viae
What is 1st declension?
We praise Mary.
Mariam laudāmus.
Serves portam Dominō servat.
The servant guards the gate for the master.
This tense sign is used for the imperfect tense in 1st conjugation verbs.
What is -bā?
The case used for possession.
What is the genitive case?
Latin has this many cases?
What is five?
Nauta aquam portābat.
The sailor was carrying water?
spēs, speī
What is 5th declension?
The son sees.
Fīlius videt.
Mīlitēs in terrā pugnant.
The soldiers fight on the land.
This is the personal ending for 3rd person plural verbs.
What is -nt?
The case used for the subject of the sentence.
What is the nominative case?
Prepositions that take the accusative case show this idea. (Think accusative vs ablative)
What is show motion?
Servī Dominum laudant.
The servants praise the Lord.
Rēx, rēgis
3rd declension
We praise.
Laudāmus.
Servus Dominum laudāvit.
The servants praised the Lord.
The case used for indirect objects (to/for).
What is the dative case?
Adjectives must agree with nouns in these three ways.
Deum amāmus.
We love God.
Exercitus, exercitūs
What is 4th declension?
The sailors fight the enemy.
Nautae hostem pugnant. (Or pugnant contrā hostem)
Nautae hostēs pugnāvērunt.
The sailors fought the enemies.
These are the 1st conjugation present tense endings.
What is -o, -s, -t, -mus, -tis, -nt
The case used for prepositions like “by, with, or from.”
What is the ablative case?
Do quantity adjectives come before or after the noun?
What is before?
Maria Deum laudat.
Mary praises God.
Cōrpūs, cōporis
What is 3rd declension?
The brave servant fights the bad enemy.
Fortis servus malum hostem pugnat.
Mīlitēs fortiter pugnant Et hostem superant.
The soldiers fight bravely and conquer the enemy.