Crazy Cases
Vivacious Verbs
Adverbs and Adjectives
Contextual Cases
Everything Else
100

When do you use the Nominative Case? (2 ways)


Subject of a sentence, with the verb "to be" as a complement

Example: Davus est servus

100

translate: clamant

(do you know its declension?)

they yell, cry, scream

1st declension (verbs that end in "are" in the infinitive)

100

Which adjective agrees with "puella"? 

a. bonus b. bonae c. bona

How do Adjectives have to agree with the noun they describe?

c. bona


1. grammatical gender (adjective is flexible, noun is not)

2. case (nominative, accusative..._

3. number (singular / plural)

100

In the sentence "agricola in fundo laborat" what case and number is "agricola"?

Nominative singular

100

Quis est frater Corneliae?

Marcus

200

When do you use the Accusative Case? (2 ways)

- Can you give an example for each?

Direct object of a sentence, with accusative prepositions

Cornelia prope rivum ambulat. Cornelia videt lupum.

200

Translate: "Abite!"

(could you name the infinitive of this verb?)

"Go away!"

ab+ire = abire (to go away)

ire = irregular verb!

200

Which adjective agrees with "leonem"?

 a. bonum b. bona c. boni

a. bonum

200

In the sentence "Belimicus ursam conspicit" what case and number is "ursam"?

Any clue what ursa or ursus means? You can find examples of it in my classroom!

Accusative singular

Bear!!!

200

Name the two adverbs that mean "also"

etiam, quoque

300

When do you use the Ablative Case? Be specific

With prepositions like ex, sub, in...

Marcus ex horto currit

Flavia sub arbore sedet

Cornelii in villa habitant.

300

How would you translate "we are"?

Do you remember it's irregular infinitive?

sumus

esse

300

Interea - translate

Meanwhile

300

In the sentence "Holconius de his hominibus nihil curat" what is the case and number of "his hominibus"?

How can you tell? Explain!

Ablative Plural

300

In the sentence "flores, qui in horto sunt, regem delectaverunt", what case and number is qui?

Nominative Plural

(it refers to "flores", the flowers and takes the place of the subject)

400

When and how do you use the vocative? Write an example on the board!

"Cave, Geta!"

400

What might this translate to? "vultis"

What kind of verb is "vultis"? Can you explain?

You (all) want

400

Which one means finally?

tamen, tandem, statim, tum or dum

tandem

400

Davus omnes servos convocat et rogat:"Ubi est Geta?"

What is the case of "omnes"?

Is there another word in that case?

Acc. Plural

servos (omnes describes "servos" as "all (of the slaves))

400

In the sentence "puer, quem Aegyptii interfecerunt (they had killed), Quintum fortiter defendebat (past tense!)", what is the case and number of "quem"?

Can you translate the sentence ?

Accusative Singular (remember: the "m"!)

500

Identify the case of each noun/pronoun in the sentence: 

Magna voce clamat:"Pueri scelesti, cur vos me non auditis?"

(magna)voce = abl. Sing., Pueri (scelesti)= Voc. Pl., vos = nom, me = acc

500

Give all 6 forms of "ire" = to go

eo, is , it, imus, itis, eunt

500

Which adjective agrees with "mater"? 

a. bonus b. bona c. bonum

Why do they not have the same ending?

a. bona


mater is a 3rd declension noun. "Bonus" only agrees with 1st and 2nd declension nouns1

500

In the sentence "Canes tunicam olfaciunt et mox vestigia Getae inveniunt"what is the case and number of "Getae"?

What does the word GETAE do?

Genitive Sing.


It tells us who the "owner" of the "vestigia" is.

500

In the sentence "aula, in qua Cogidubnus habitabat, erat prope mare" what is the case and number of "qua"? What is the case and number of "mare" (the sea)

Ablative Singular (qua) - WHY?

Accusative singular (mare) How do we know?