Grammar Questions for Mondays Flashcards
Give the five vowel letters and their long sounds in Latin
Aeiou
/ah/ /ay/ /ee/ /oh/ /oo/
Give 2 Latin words that have the long sound of the 5 vowels
gloria Jesus
C, G, and SC are soft before…
…e, i, ae, oe
C, G, and SC are hard before…
…a, o, u, consonants
In Latin and English, hard c has the sound of
/k/
Soft c has the sound of ____ in English ____ in Latin
… /s/ … /ch/ …
In Latin, gn is pronounced like ___. Give two examples ______
/ny/
pugno (I fight) and magnus (large)
Give the names, from left to right, of the last three syllables of a Latin word
antepenult penult ultima
The accent is on the ______ unless the _______ is marked
… penult … antepenult …
Verb families are called ________________
conjugations
How many conjugations are there? _______________
Name them. ___________
four
1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Give the six attributes of a Latin verb.
conjugation, person, number, tense, voice, mood
Give the three grammar persons
1st person, 2nd person, 3rd person
The first person is the person _______
The second person is the person _____ __
The third person is _______ ______
… speaking…
… spoken to …
… spoken about …
Give the two grammar numbers
singular, plural
How many Latin tenses are there? ___
Name them _________________________
six
present, imperfect, future, perfect, pluperfect, future perfect
The stem vowel of the 1st conjugation is
a
Give the names for the three forms of the English present tense
simple present
progressive present
emphatic present
In English “I praise” is the ________ present,
“I am praising” is the __________ present,
and “I do praise” is the __________ present
… simple …
… progressive …
… emphatic …
In Latin imperfect means…
not finished
The imperfect tense sign is
ba
The imperfect tense is used to describe an ________ , _________ , ___________ , or ___________ action.
… ongoing, repeated, habitual … interrupted …
