Derivatives
Territory is a derivative for this Latin word, English meaning
terra, earth/land
What does case tell us about a noun?
Its grammar use in the sentence.
How do we say you all were singing in Latin?
cantabatis
What are the grammar uses of the nominative case?
Subject and predicate nominative
Patria est insula.
The country is an island.
Comportment is a derivative for this Latin word which means what?
portare, to carry
A group of nouns that share a common set of inflected endings is called?
a declension
What does it mean to conjugate a verb?
To conjugate a verb is to list a verb with its endings.
What gender are the majority of the first declension nouns? What are the exceptions in Chapter 4?
feminine and PAIN words (poeta, agricola, incola, nauta)
Incola et agricola arant.
The settler and the farmer plow.
Rehabilitate is a derivative for this Latin word which means what?
habitare, to live
Which principal part identifies the conjugation to which a verb belongs?
2nd principal part / infinitive
Give three possible translations for the word navigant.
They sail, They are sailing, They do sail.
Tell how to identify the stem of a noun.
Look at the genitive singular form and remove the ending -ae.
Puellae cantabantne?
Were the girls singing?
Irrevocable is a derivative for this Latin word which means what?
vocare, to call
What three English tenses can the Latin present tense be translated to?
Simple present, present progressive and present emphatic
What does regnabimus mean?
We will rule.
What does it mean to decline a noun?
To list a noun with all of its case endings.
The women are not queens.
Feminae sunt non reginae.
Prerogative is a derivative for this Latin word which means what?
rogare, to ask
The dictionary entry for a noun includes what two forms?
Nominative singular and genitive singular
What does laborabatisne mean?
Were you all working?
Did you all use to work?
Did you all keep on working?
How is a possessive noun translated from Latin?
"of the noun"
Will the sailors attack?
Nautae oppugnabuntne?