Chapter 3_Grammar Flashcards

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Go over how to identify different genders

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How do you identify the different declensions?

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Look at the ending in the genitive singular

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3
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How are the 1st declension nouns identified?

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The genitive will end with an ‘ae’

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How are the 2nd declension nouns identified?

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The genitive will end with an ‘ī’

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How are the 3nd declension nouns identified?

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The genitive will end with an ‘is’

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How are the 4th declension nouns identified?

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The genitive will end with an ‘ūs’

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In general, the vocative case will have the same ending as what? Where is this not true?

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  1. The vocative will have the same ending as the nominative

2. This is not true in the second declension masculine

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What are the two parts to the neuter rule?

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  1. Neuter nominative and accusative always have the same ending
  2. Neuter nominative and accusative plural always end in ‘a’
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A subset of 3rd declension nouns are known as i-stem nouns because they have an extra ‘i’ in a few cases. What is the PATTERNS for recognizing these nouns?

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  1. Masculine/Feminine nouns have nominative singular ends in -s or -x or -is or - es
  2. have same number of syllables
    example fīnis, fīnis
  3. The stem ends in a double consonant
    example: urbs, Urbis (the stem ‘urb-‘ has the ‘rb’ double consonant)
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A subset of 3rd declension nouns are known as i-stem nouns because they have an extra ‘i’ in a few cases. What is the NUETER PATTERN for recognizing these nouns?

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  1. Neuter nouns that end in -al, -ar, or -e

example: mare, maris

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Third declension adjectives use what endings? And what is the only difference?

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  1. i-stem

2. The Ablative singular for masc/fem/neut is ‘-ī’ rather than ‘-e’

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What are four of the most common uses of the genitive?

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  1. possession (“the arm of the man”)
  2. origin (“Cleopatra of Egypt”)
  3. material (“sword of iron”)
  4. partitive (“a piece of cake”)
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13
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What key word is usually used with dative words?

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‘to,’ ‘for’

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What are the three the most common uses of the dative?

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  1. dative with adjectives
  2. predicative dative; (or dative of purpose or result)
  3. dative of possession (‘the office belongs to the student”)
  4. Indirect Object
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15
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Note: Review the following Latin paradigms:

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Ch 2, 3_1st, 2nd, and 3rd Declension Case Endings

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