Cases Flashcards
1
Q
Nominative
A
Job : subject of the verb (with the verb ‘to be’)
Servus laborat- The slave is working
Marcus est servus - Marcus is a slave.
2
Q
VOCATIVE
A
Job - person being spoken to
Examples
serve, quid facis ? Slave, what are you doing?
3
Q
ACCUSATIVE
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Job - object of the action
Examples-
servum punio - I am punishing the slave
ad servum currit - He is running towards the slave
I have a dog
- The word “have” is doing the owning*
- The word “dog” is getting owned*
4
Q
GENETIVE
A
Job - of
Examples
dominus servi est felix. - the master of the slave is happy
5
Q
DATIVE
A
Job - to, for
examples
pecuniam servo dat - He gives money to the slave
6
Q
ABLATIVE
A
job - by, with, from
Examples
puerum gladio vulnerat - he wounds the boy with his sword