grammar pack Flashcards
what is the nominative case
the subject of the sentence, the person or thing DOING THE ACTION of the sentence eg. MISS WALKER bit the dog
what is the accusative case
the object of the sentence, the person or thing BEING AFFECTED by the action eg. Miss Walker bit THE DOG
what is a declension
a group of nouns
what is the 1st declension
nouns ending in ‘a’ and are nearly always FEMININE
eg. puella, ancilla
what is the 2nd declension
nouns ending in ‘us’ and are nearly always MASCULINE
eg. survus, amicus
what is the 3rd declension
made up of lots of nouns with different endings and has a mix of MASCULINE and FEMININE
eg. leonem, mercator
if its in the present tense, what will it end in
o, s, t, mus, tis, nt
if its in the imperfect tense, what will it end in
bam, bas, bat, bamus, batis, bant
if its in the perfect tense, what will it end in
i, isti, imus, it, istis, erunt
i am (present)
sum
you are (present)
es/esti
he is (present)
est
we are (present)
sumus
they are (present)
sunt
i was (imperfect)
eram
you were (imperfect)
eras/eratis
he was (imperfect)
erat
we were (imperfect)
eramus
they were (imperfect)
erant
porto
i carry
portas
you carry
portat
he/she/it carries
portant
they carry
portabat
he/she/it was carrying
