Chapter 3 Review

Question 1

What is an inflected language?

Answer 1

Function/Syntax of words is determined by the endings given for nouns, adjectives and verbs

Question 2

How many declensions do nouns/adjectives have and how do we determine it?

Answer 2

There are 5 declensions. They are determined by the ending of the genitive form.

Question 3

How do you find the stem of a Latin noun/adjective?

Answer 3

Step 1: Identify its genitive form
Step 2: Take off the genitive ending

Ex: femina (nominative) , [feminae] (genitive)
Stem: femin-

Question 4

What is a conjugation? How many conjugations do verbs have? How many principal parts do they have? Which ones do we care about?

Answer 4

A conjugation is the changing of the endings for verbs. Verbs have 4 conjugations and 4 principal parts (1st person present, present infinitive, 1st person perfect, perfect passive participle). We only care about the 1st person present, present infinitive and the perfect passive participle.

Ex: amo, amare, amatum

Question 5

How do you find the stem of a Latin verb? What parts do you use?

Answer 5

Present infinitive stem: minus -re

Perfect passive stem: minus -um

Question 6

What are deponent verbs?

Answer 6

Verbs that are passive in construction, but active in meaning

Question 7

How to find the stems of deponent verbs?

Answer 7

Same as regular verbs, but the present stem of 3rd conjugation deponent verbs replaces the final -e it lost when originally forming its infinitive

Ex: sequi –> seque-
reverti –> reverte-