Grammar Flashcards
Nominative Case
Subject, Does the action
Genitive
Possession, uses “of” or “-‘s”
Dative-Indirect Object
Used with “give, tell show” verbs
Is a person or living thing
Use “to” or “for” with it
Dative- Object
Acts as a direct object for faveo, credo, placeo, persuadeo, and appropinquo
Accusative- Direct Object
Action happens to this word
Accusative-Object of a Preposition
Follows prepositions like ad, trans, prope and per
Ablative Object of a preposition
Follows prepositions like sub, in, de, sine, pro, ab, cum, ex
Enclitic (suffix) -ne
-ne means “?”
Enclitic (suffix) -que
-que means “and”
Positive degree
An adjectives “normal” or first form found in vocabulary lists or in the dictionary
Comparative degree
Has an -ior ending. The -ior means “ more” or “-er”
Superlative degree
Has a -issimus, -rrimus, or -llimus ending, which means “-est” or “very”
Adjective placement
Comes after the noun it describes, except for size and quantity
Verb placement
Comes at the end of a sentence or clause
Neuter Nouns
Nominative and Accusative cases are the same
