(Latin-->English)
fossa
ditch
street
via
What are the three declensions we know and their genders?
1st declension - feminine
2nd declension - masculine
2nd declension - neuter
1: are
2: ēre
Flavia familiam accipit.
Flavia welcomes the family.
necesse est
it is necessary
it is difficult
difficile est
What case tells us the SUBJECT of the sentence?
(nominative, genitive, dative, accusative, ablative)
nominative
1. chop off the infinitive ending -_re
2. add the conjugation vowel
3. add the verb endings
plaustrum fossam intrat.
the wagon enters the ditch.
what is the gender and meaning of "plaustrum"?
wagon, neuter
Which word means "to arrive"?
accipere or advenire
what case is 'cenam'?
(nominative, genitive, dative, accusative, ablative)
accusative
write out the verb ending chant.
-o -mus | -I -we
-s -tis | -you -y'all
-t -nt | -he/she/it -they
it is difficult to be quiet.
(infinitive form of "be" is "esse")
difficile est tacitus esse.
sedetis
y'all sit
there are two adverbs about speed, slowly and quickly.
what are they in Latin?
lente: slowly
celeriter: quickly
where does the 2nd M declension differ from the 2nd N?
(write the three endings that are different and their cases)
M N
NOM - us i NOM - um a
ACC -um os ACC - um a
Write "we sit" in Latin. (sedēre)
and "pluit" in English. (pluere)
sedemus
it rains
pluit et Rufus perterritus est iterum.
it rains and Rufus is frightened again.
adiuvant
they help
I enter
intro
fully decline the noun: via.
(put all of the correct endings on it)
via viae
viae viarum
viae viis
viam vias
via viis
fully conjugate 'intrare'
intro intramus
intras intratis
intrat intrant
necesse est plaustrum in via celeriter propellere.
it is necessary to quickly push the wagon in the road.