Nouns
Name the genders in Latin.
Masculine, feminine, and neuter.
What are the 5 Latin noun cases?
Nominative-subject
Genitive- possessive
Dative- indirect object
Accusative- direct object
Ablative- object of the preposition
What is the position of a transitive verb in Latin? (Where do you find it in the sentence?)
The verb usually stands last in the sentence.
How do you know that a noun is in the FIRST declension?
All nouns whose genitive singular ends in -ae are in the first declension.
What is the natural gender rule that applies to ALL declensions (grammar 46-47)?
A noun naming a male person is masculine (example: dux) and a noun naming a female person is feminine (example: mater).
Name the two numbers in Latin.
singular and plural
How do you find the stem of a noun?
By dropping the genitive, singular ending
Where is an adverb found in a Latin sentence?
The adverb usually stands immediately before the word it modifies.
How do you know that a noun is in the SECOND declension?
All nouns whose genitive singular ends in -i are in the second declension.
What is the rule for masculine nouns in the THIRD declension?
When the nominative singular ends in -er or -or (ERROR), the noun is generally masculine.
How do you know the declension of the noun?
By looking at the genitive, singular ending.
The number of declensions in Latin
five
Prepositions take either of what two cases?
How do you know which case a preposition takes? (Or how do you know the case of the Object of the Preposition?)
Ablative or accusative
You have to memorize what case the object of the preposition will be for EACH preposition.
What genders can a SECOND declension noun be and HOW DO YOU KNOW?
Second declension nouns can be either masculine or neuter. The 2nd declension MASCULINE nouns end in -us in the nominative singular. The 2nd declension NEUTER nouns end in -um in the nominative singular.
What is the rule for feminine nouns in the THIRD declension?
When the nominative singular ends in -s, -o, or -x (SOX), the noun is generally feminine.
Plural means....
more than one.
What is the gender of 1st declension nouns?
Feminine
UNLESS it names a male like Nauta
What is the position of the forms of "sum" in a Latin sentence?
What is a unique characteristic of all neuter nouns?
Neuter nouns are the same in the nominative and accusative cases (both nouns and adjectives in singular and plural)
What is the rule for neuter nouns in the THIRD declension?
When the nominative singular ends in -l, -a, -n-, -c, -e, or -t (LANCET), the noun is generally neuter.
Singular means....
one
What Latin case names the subject?
Nominative
What is the case for possessives and "of" phrases?
Genitive
How do you know that a noun is in the THIRD declension?
All nouns whose genitive singular ends in -is are in the third declension.
What is an appositive?
What is the agreement rule for appositives?
An appositive is a noun or a phrase that is "put beside" another noun to rename or explain it and is set off by commas.
An appositive agrees with its noun in number and case.