Grammar - Week 15

Question 1

Genitve singular of 1st declension nouns

Answer 1

All nouns whose genitive ends in -ae are in the 1st declension

Question 2

Gender of 2nd declension nouns

Answer 2

-us - masculine

-um - neuter

Question 3

Unique characteristic of all neuter (Grammar 39)

Answer 3

Nominative and accusative are same, both nouns and adjectives in singular and plural

Question 4

Indirect object case, or the “to/for” case

Answer 4

Dative

Question 5

Two ways to indicate indirect objects in English

Answer 5

(1) “to” and (2) word order
(1) Christ gave God glory.
(2) Christ gave glory to God.

Question 6

Prepositions take either of what two cases?

Answer 6

Ablative, accusative

Question 7

Give the case for each preposition: propter, post, cum, in

Answer 7

propter: accusative, post: accusative, cum: ablative, in: ablative

Question 8

Predicate nominitave case (Grammar 474)

Answer 8

Nominative

Question 9

Position of forms of sum in a Latin sentence (Grammar 461)

Answer 9

Anywhere in sentence

Question 10

Genetive singular of 3rd declension nouns

Answer 10

-is

Question 11

Natural gender rule applies to ALL declensions (Grammar 46-47)

Answer 11

A noun naming a male person is masculine (dux); a noun naming a female person is feminine (māter)

Question 12

Gender of 1st declension nouns

Answer 12

1st declension nouns are feminine unless they name a male like nauta.

Question 13

3rd declension feminine noun rule (Grammar 50)

Answer 13

Nouns ending in -s, -o, -x (SOX) are generally feminine.

Question 14

3rd declension masculine noun rule (Grammar 49)

Answer 14

Nouns ending in -er and -or (ERROR) are generally masculine.

Question 15

3rd declension neuter noun rule (Grammar 51)

Answer 15

Nouns ending in -l, -a, -n, -c, -e, -t (LANCET) are generally neuter.

Question 16

Appositive

Answer 16

A noun or a phrase that is “put beside” another noun to rename or explain it and set off by commas.

Question 17

Agreement rule for appositives (Grammar 473)

Answer 17

An appositive agrees with its noun in number and case.

Question 18

There is

There are

Answer 18

est (the expletive there)

sunt (the expletive there)

Question 19

Give the nominative and genitive of the 6 neuter nouns of the 3rd declension.

Answer 19

agmen, agminis; corpus, corporis; flūmen, flūminis; iter, itineris; nōmen, nōminis; vulnus, vulneris

Question 20

Genetive singular ending of 4th declension nouns

Answer 20

-ūs

Question 21

Gender of 4th declension nouns

Answer 21

usually masculine

Question 22

The preposition in with the acc. and abl.

Answer 22

In with the acc. indiates motion; in with ablative indicates position

Question 23

Subject case

Answer 23

Nominative

Question 24

Genitive singulr ending of 5th declension nouns

Answer 24

-eī

Question 25

Gender of 5th declension nouns

Answer 25

Usually feminine

Question 26

Two groups of adjectives

Answer 26

1st/2nd declension; 3rd declension

Question 27

Adjective-noun agreement

Answer 27

An adjective agrees with its noun in gender, number, and case, but not necessarily declension.

Question 28

Position rule for adjectives

Answer 28

Adjectives of quantity usually preced their nouns; adjectives of quality usually follow.

Question 29

Predicate adjective case

Answer 29

Nominative

Question 30

Subject-verb agreement

Answer 30

The verb agrees with its subject in person and number.

Question 31

Direct object case

Answer 31

Accusative

Question 32

Position of verb

Answer 32

The verb usually stands last in the sentence.

Question 33

Position of adverb

Answer 33

The adverb usually stands immediately before hte word it modifies.

Question 34

Case for possessives and “of” phrases

Answer 34

Genitive

Question 35

Genitive singular of 2nd declension nouns

Answer 35

-i