Grammar Flashcards
3 properties of nouns
Gender
Number
Case
3 genders of nouns
Masculine
Feminine
Neuter
number of nouns
singular
plural
case of nouns
Nominative Genitive Dative Accusative Ablative
Nominative case (use)
used for:
- subject
- predicate nominative (followed by a linking verb)
Genitive case (use)
Possession: expresses ownership of one noun over the other (no prep.)
Dative Case (use)
used to: 1. Indirect Object (no prep) 2. Reference (no prep): "to/for" 3. Possessor (no prep): *often with form of 'sum'* //possessor is ALWAYS a person
Accusative Case (use)
used for:
- Direct Object (no prep)
- Motion towards (+ad, in/on): express forward motion
Ablative Case (use)
used as:
1. Separation (+a/ab, e/ex): motion away
2. Place where (+in/on): location without forward motion
3. Accompaniment (+cum): person/people joining the subject
4. Means/Instrument (no prep): express the instrument by which the action of the verb occurs
5. Personal Agent (+a/ab): express the PERSON BY whom the action of the PASSIVE verb is done
6. Manner (+cum): the way the action of performed
//with a modifying adjective, cum is optional
Vocative
used as:
Direct Address
//often followed by interjection ‘O’
1st Declension F. Noun endings (present active)
a. ae
ae. arum
ae. is
am. as
ā. is
2nd Declension M. Noun endings (pres act)
us. I I. orum o. is um os ō. is
2nd Declension N. Noun endings (pres. act)
um. a I. orum o. is um. a ō. is
infix for imperfect tense
-ba-
infix for perfect tense
-bo, -bi-, -bu-
list of 1st declension m. nouns
agricola, incola, nauta, poeta
5 properties of verbs
- person: 1st/2nd/3rd
- number: sing/pl
- tense: time/aspect
- voice: active/passive
- mood: indicative/imperative/subjunctive
Tense of verbs
time:
1. present
2. past
3. future
aspect:
- simple
- progressive/repeated (used to)
- completed
Latin tenses (indicative)
- Present: (simple present; progressive/repeated present)
ex. He sings; he is singing - Imperfect: (progressive/repeated past)
ex. He was singing; he sang (every day) - Future (progressive/repeated future)
ex. He will be singing; he will sing (every day) - Perfect: (simple past; completed present)
ex. He sang; He has sung - Pluperfect: (completed past)
ex. He had sung - Future Perfect: (completed future)
ex. He will have sung
Verb Conjugations
1st: -a-
2nd: -ē-
3rd: -e-
4th: -ī-
finite forms of a latin verb
- stem of principal part
- infix
- personal ending
From what principal part do we derive the present stem?
2nd
4 verb conjugations
1st: -ā-
2nd: -ē-
3rd: -e-
4th: -ī-
Present active indicative verb ending
O. MUS
S. TIS
T. NT