Chapter 3 grammar Flashcards
bonus, -a, -um: decline, singular
bonus bona bonum boni bonae boni bono bona bono bonum bonam bonum bono bona bono
bonus, -a, - um: decline plural
boni bonae bona bonorum bonarum bonorum bonis bonis bonis bonos bonas bona bonis bonis bonis
substantive use of the adjective
when an adjective stands alone and is used as a noun. e.g Latus bonam anat. The happy mean loves the good woman.
Predicative adjective
when an adjective is connected to a noun with a copulative verb. e.g. Liber est malus. The book is bad.
passive personal endings
- or/-r
- ris/re
- tur
- mur
- mini
- ntur
voco, present passive indicative
vocor - I am being called vocaris/vocare - you are being called vocatur - he/she/it is being called vocamur - we are being called vocamini - y'all are being called vocantur - they are being called
voco, imperfect passive indicative
vocabar - I was being called vocabaris/vocabare - you were being called vocabatur - he/she/it was being called vocabamur - we were being called vocabamini - y'all were being called vocabantur - they were being called
voco, future passive indicative
vocabor - I shall be called vocaberis/vocabere*** - you will be called vocabitur -he/she/it will be called vocabimur - we shall be called vocabimini - y'all will be called vocabuntur - they will be called
ablative of personal agent
a/ab w. noun in the ablative case is frequently used with verbs in the passive voice to express the agent or person by whom the action of the verb is done. e.g. Filius a regina vocabatur. The son was being summoned by the queen.
The uses of video in the passive voice
be seen, seem
e.g. Miser reginae poeta videtur. The poet seems wretched to the queen.
Ablative of manner
A noun in the ablative case may express the way or manner in which an action is performed. When the noun is not modified by an adjective, cum must be used (otherwise it is optional).
e.g. Agricale cum studio laborabant.
Subject infinitive
the infinitive is an indeclinable verbal noun in the neuter singular, which may be used as the subject of another verb. e.g. Bonum set laborare. Working is good.
Apposition
= when a noun receives further definition/limitation from another noun placed next to it and often set off in commas. e.g. Regina, femina bona et magna, partial Italiam. The queen, a good and great woman, loves her country, Italy.
eo, ire, ii or ivi, itum: present active indicatve
eo is it imus it is eunt
eo, ire, ii or ivi, itum: imperfect active indicative
ibam ibas ibat ibamus ibatis ibant
