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Grammar Questions 7 - 28 Flashcards

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1
Q

In Latin, gn is pronounced like _______. Give two Latin examples.

A

/ny/

pugno (I fight), magnus (great, large)

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2
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Give the names, from left to right, of the last three syllables of a Latin word.

A

antepenult, penult, ultima

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3
Q

The accent is on the ______ unless the _______ is marked.

A

penult

antepenult

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4
Q

Verb families are called _________.

A

conjugations

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5
Q

Give the six attributes of a Latin verb.

A

conjugation, person, number, tense, voice, mood

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6
Q

How many conjugations are there? Name them.

A

four. 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th

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7
Q

Give the three grammar persons.

A

1st person, 2nd person, 3rd person.

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8
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The 1st person is the person _______
The 2nd person is the person _______
The 3rd person is the person _______

A

The 1st person is the person ____speaking___
The 2nd person is the person ____spoken to___
The 3rd person is the person ___spoken about____

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9
Q

Give two grammar numbers

A

singular, plural

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10
Q

How many Latin tenses are there?

Name them.

A

six

present, imperfect, future, pluperfect, future perfect

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11
Q

The stem vowel of the 1st conjugation is

A

a

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12
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Give the names for the three forms of the English present tense.

A

simple present, progressive present, emphatic present

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13
Q

In English, I love is the ________ present, I am loving is the __________, and I do love is the _________ present.

A

In English, I love is the ____simple____ present, I am loving is the _____progressive_____, and I do love is the ____emphatic_____ present.

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14
Q

Soft c has the sound of ______ in English and ______in Latin.

A

Soft c has the sound of ___/s/___ in English and _/ch/_____in Latin.

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15
Q

In Latin grammar, “imperfect” means

A

not finished

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16
Q

The imperfect tense sign is

A

ba

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17
Q

the imperfect tense is used to describe an ______, _______, ________, or _________ _______ action

A

the imperfect tense is used to describe an ___ongoing___, ___repeated____, ____habitual____, or _____interrupted____ ___past____ action

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18
Q

What English helping verbs translate the Latin imperfect tense?

A

was, were

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19
Q

the two basic parts of a sentence are __________________

A

the subject and the predicate

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20
Q

The subject tells___________________

A

who or what the sentence is about

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21
Q

The predicate tells_________________

A

what the subject is or does

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22
Q

What English Helping verb translates the Latin future tense?

A

will

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23
Q

what is sentence pattern #1

A

Subject + Verb

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24
Q

The three tenses that make up the present system are

A

present, imperfect, future

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25
Q

the present system is built on the

A

present stem

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26
Q

what are the principal parts? how many are there in Latin?

A

the forms that provide the stems needed to conjugate a verb in all its tenses. There are usually 4 principal parts

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27
Q

What is the name of the 2nd principal part

A

infinitive

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28
Q

The infinitive ending for all 1st conjugation verbs is

A

-are

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29
Q

how do you find the present stem?

A

drop “re” from the infinitive

30
Q

The English infinitive is written with the particle_____before the verb

A

to

31
Q

The “to be” verb shows______not______.

A

existence not action

32
Q

Give the English forms fo the “to be” verb

A

am, are, is, was, were, be, being, been

33
Q

Give the regular ending for the principal parts of 1st conjugation verbs

A

-o, -are, -avi, -atus

34
Q

What is the Sentence Pattern #2

A

Subject + Verb + Direct Object

35
Q

Something that completes the action of the verb is a _______

A

complement

36
Q

What is the first complement in the this text?

A

the complementary infinitive

37
Q

In Latin grammar, perfect means

A

finished

38
Q

The perfect tense is built on the _____stem

A

perfect

39
Q

How do you find the perfect stem?

A

Drop -i from the 3rd principal part

40
Q

Give three translations for amavi

A

I loved, I have loved, I did love

41
Q

What English helping verbs translate the Latin perfect tense?

A

have, has, did

42
Q

The pluperfect tense is built on the ______ stem.

A

perfect

43
Q

The pluperfect tense describes what king of action?

A

a past action completed prior to another past action

44
Q

What English helping verb translates the pluperfect tense?

A

had

45
Q

The pluperfect tense ending are identical to

A

the imperfect tense of sum

46
Q

The future perfect tense is built on the _____ stem

A

perfect

47
Q

The future perfect tense describes what kind of action?

A

a future action that will be completed prior to another future action.

48
Q

What English helping verbs translate the future perfect tense?

A

will have

49
Q

The future perfect tense endings are identical to___________except for________

A

the future tense of sum except for third person plural

50
Q

The tenses of the perfect system are ______________ and they are built on______________

A

perfect, pluperfect, future perfect and they are built on the perfect stem

51
Q

Verb families are called_______

and noun families are called_________

A

Verb families are called conjugations

and noun families are called declensions

52
Q

How many declensions are there? Name them

A

five: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th

53
Q

Give the four attributes of nouns/

A

declension, gender, number, case

54
Q

The three genders are

A

masculine, feminine, neuter

55
Q

Nouns that name male or female persons have _____ gender. Give three English examples __________________

A

natural gender.

Examples: sister, brother, father, queen, king, uncle, ect.

56
Q

Nouns that name non-living things have ________ gender

A

grammatical

57
Q

To what does the case of a noun refer?

A

the job (function) of a noun in a sentence

58
Q

Name the cases in order

A

nominative, genitive, dative, accusative, ablative

59
Q

What is the subject case?

A

nominative

60
Q

What is the direct object case?

A

accusative

61
Q

What is the indirect object case?

A

dative

62
Q

What is the possessive case?

A

genitive

63
Q

What is the in/by/with/from case?

A

ablative

64
Q

What is the to/for case?

A

genitive

65
Q

What is the of case?

A

genitive

66
Q

The genitive singular of a 1st declension noun always ends in

A

-ae

67
Q

1st declension nouns are usually what gender?

A

feminine

68
Q

Three exceptions to the 1st declension gender rule are

A

agricola, nauta, poeta

69
Q

Latin does not have the English articles

A

a, an, the

70
Q

Give three translations for the Latin noun mensa

A

table, a table, the table

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