Declension Of Nouns Flashcards
Accusative
Direct object of a verb
Object of certain prepositions
1st singular
A, am, ae, ae, a
1st plural
Ae, as, arum, is, is
Dative
To/for
Can be the indirect object
2nd masculine singular
us/er, um, i, o, o
2nd neuter singular
Um, um, i, o, o
2nd masculine plural
I, os, orum, is, is
2nd neuter plural
A, a, orum, is, is
3rd masculine/feminine singular
–, em, is, i, e
() for i-stems
3rd neuter singular
–, –, is, i, e (i)
() for i-stems
3rd masculine/feminine plural
Es, es (is), um (ium), ibus, ibus
() for i-stems
3rd neuter plural
A (ia), a (ia), um (ium), ibus, ibus
() for i-stems
Rules for determining if 3rd declensions are i-stems
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1- nominative and genitive singular have the same amount of syllables
2- stem of the noun ends in two consonants except if the second consonant is an l or an r
3- the nominative singular of a neuter noun ends in -e, -al, -ar
When is the Locative case needed
Names of towns, cities, small islands; “domus” and “rus” need a special case to express PLACE IN WHICH and PLACE WHERE
(For other nouns it is expressed by “in” + ablative)
1st/2nd declension nouns what is the locative singular
Identical to the genitive singular
1st/2nd declension nouns what is the locative plural
Identical to the Ablative plural
3rd declension nouns what is the locative singular
-e
Or
-i
3rd declension nouns what is the locative plural
-ibus
the genders of the fourth declension
three genders but neuter is rare
4th masculine/feminine singular
us, um, us, ui, u
4th masculine/feminine plural
us, us, uum, ibus, ibus
4th neuter singular
u, u, us, u, u
4th neuter plural
ua, ua, uum, ibus, ibus
5th singular
es, em, ei, ei, e
most 5th declension nouns are feminine
