Grammar Questions for Thursdays

Question 1

What is the “indirect object” case?

Answer 1

dative

Question 2

What is the “possessive” case?

Answer 2

genitive

Question 3

What is the “in/by/with/from” case?

Answer 3

ablative

Question 4

What is the “to/for” case?

Answer 4

dative

Question 5

What is the “of” case?

Answer 5

genitive

Question 6

The genitive singular of a 1st Declension noun always ends in ____

Answer 6

-ae

Question 7

1st Declension nouns are usually what gender?

Answer 7

feminine

Question 8

Three important exceptions to the 1st Declension feminine rule are

Answer 8

poeta, nauta agricola

Question 9

Latin does not have the English articles ___ ___ ___

Answer 9

a, an, the

Question 10

Give three translations for the Latin noun “mensa”

Answer 10

table, a table, the table

Question 11

The genitive singular of a 2nd Declension noun always ends in ____

Answer 11

-i

Question 12

2nd Declensions “-us” nouns are usually ___________ in gender.

Answer 12

masculine

Question 13

Name the two subgroups of the 2nd Declension, and give their gender.

Answer 13

1) “-us” nouns with masculine gender

2) “-um” nouns with neuter gender

Question 14

Verbs have ___________ , ____________ endings and nouns have _____________ endings

Answer 14

… tense, personal

… case

Question 15

2nd Declension “-um” nouns are always ____________ in gender.

Answer 15

neuter

Question 16

The declension a noun belongs to is determined by the ________________________

Answer 16

genitive singular

Question 17

The natural gender rule ____________ all other ender rules.

Answer 17

trumps

Question 18

What is the neuter rule?

Answer 18

• nominative and accusative endings are the same

* nominative and accusative plural ending is “-a”

Question 19

The subject and verb must agree in ____________ and ____________

Answer 19

… person

… number

Question 20

What is an adjective?

Answer 20

An adjective modifies or describes a noun or pronoun

Question 21

In Latin an adjective must agree with its noun in _________, __________, __________ but not _______________

Answer 21

gender, number, case

declension

Question 22

Usually an adjective of _____________ precedes a noun, and an adjective of _____________ follows the noun.

Answer 22

… quantity

… quality