Cold Cases
Latin uses this case to indicate the subject of the verb.
What is the nominative case?
This is the accusative singular 1st declension ending.
What is "-am"?
This Latin word means "water".
What is aqua, aquae?
This English word describes things that have to do with "aqua".
What is "aquatic"?
This Latin case is used to indicate an indirect object.
What is the dative case?
These two letters indicate the dative singular case in the 1st declension.
What is "-ae"?
By "insula, insulae", Latin means this.
What is "island"?
This English word describes a place that is isolated, much like an "insula".
What is "insular"?
This Latin case is usually translated with the prepositions, "by/with/from"
What is the ablative case?
These letters can indicate either the dative plural or the ablative plural case in the 1st declension.
What is "-is"?
What is "agricola, agricolae"?
In English, I might use this Latin word to explain how got somewhere, as in, "I came to Hawaii _____ airplane".
What is "via"?
This case shows possession and is often translated with the preposition "of".
What is the genitive case?
To say "by/with/from" in the ablative singular, put this letter at the end of the stem.
What is "a"?
What is "via, viae"?
This entire sector of industry is named for the Latin word "agricola, agricolae".
What is "agriculture"?
This case indicates the direct object of the verb.
What is the accusative case?
This ending signals the genitive plural and is the longest ending in the first declension.
What is "-arum"?
The Romans called this person a "nauta, nautae".
What is a sailor?
This English word comes from the Latin word "nauta" and literally means, "star sailor".
What is "astronaut"?