Vocabulary
What vocabulary word means female servant?
ancilla
Match each accusative noun ending to its declension.
-am
-um
-em
1st; 2nd; 3rd
Name the three possible genders of Latin nouns.
Masculine; feminine; neuter.
The nominative case is used for _______________; the accusative case is used for _____________________.
subjects of sentences; direct objects of sentences.
Ego cibum habeo.
I have food.
What vocabulary word means son?
Bonus: what vocabulary word means daughter?
Match each nominative noun ending to its declension.
-a
-us
-um
Bonus: What gender does each ending typically take?
1st; 2nd; 2nd.
Feminine; Masculine; neuter.
Nouns that end in -a are typically _________________.
Feminine.
All singular Latin nouns in the accusative case end with this letter.
-m
A: Rufina et Sabina vocant.
B: Rufina Sabinam vocat.
C: Rufinam Sabina vocat.
Bonus: Translate all three sentences.
B; Rufina and Sabina call. Rufina calls Sabina. Sabina calls Rufina.
What does porto mean?
I carry
Give the entire declension (noun endings chart) for popina.
Bonus: Define popina.
popina popinae
popinae popinarum
popinae popinis
popinam popinas
popina popinis
popina popinae
restaurant, kitchen, cookshop
Nouns that end in -us are typically _____________________.
masculine
Which word is in the nominative case in this sentence?
Gisco imperatorem videt.
Bonus: Translate the sentence.
Gisco; Gisco looks at the emperor.
Uxor canem ambulat.
The wife walks the dog.
What does maritus mean?
Bonus: What does uxor mean?
husband / wife
Give the entire declension (noun endings chart) for the Latin noun silva.
silva silvae
silvae silvarum
silvae silvas
silvam silvis
silva silvis
silva silvae
What gender do the following nouns have?
poeta
nauta
agricola
Bonus: Why?
masculine; these were traditionally social roles for men in Ancient Rome.
Which word is in the accusative case in this sentence?
Dominus psittacum laudat.
Bonus: Translate the sentence.
psittacum; The lord praises the parrot.
Bonus: The parrot greets the master.
Double Bonus: Act it out!
Dominus psittacum salutat.
Psittacus dominum salutat.
What does debeo mean?
Bonus: Does this verb belong to the first or second conjugation? How do you know?
I owe; 2nd because it uses the stem vowel -e-
Describe the pattern for 3rd declension nominative noun endings.
There isn't one!
Look it up in the dictionary!
Put these three elements in the correct order for typical English syntax:
Accusative / Verb / Nominative
Bonus: What is the correct order for typical Latin syntax?
English: Nom / Verb / Acc
Latin: Nom / Acc / Verb
The husband looks at a room.
Bonus: In Via Flaminia, who was searching for a room? Who offers to help find one?
Maritus cellam quaerit.