Grammar - Week 6 Flashcards
Genitive singular of 2nd declension nouns
-i
Subject-verb agreement
The verb agrees with its subject in person and number.
Position of adverb
The adverb usually stands immediately before hte word it modifies.
Gender of 2nd declension nouns
-us - masculine
-um - neuter
Genitve singular of 1st declension nouns
All nouns whose genitive ends in -ae are in the 1st declension
Subject case
Nominative
3rd declension masculine noun rule (Grammar 49)
Nouns ending in -er and -or (ERROR) are generally masculine.
Prepositions take either of what two cases?
Ablative, accusative
Position of verb
The verb usually stands last in the sentence.
Case for possessives and “of” phrases
Genitive
Gender of 1st declension nouns
1st declension nouns are feminine unless they name a male like nauta.
3rd declension neuter noun rule (Grammar 51)
Nouns ending in -l, -a, -n, -c, -e, -t (LANCET) are generally neuter.
Position of forms of sum in a Latin sentence (Grammar 461)
Anywhere in sentence
3rd declension feminine noun rule (Grammar 50)
Nouns ending in -s, -o, -x (SOX) are generally feminine.
Two ways to indicate indirect objects in English
(1) “to” and (2) word order
(1) Christ gave God glory.
(2) Christ gave glory to God.
Direct object case
Accusative
Unique characteristic of all neuter (Grammar 39)
Nominative and accusative are same, both nouns and adjectives in singular and plural
Indirect object case, or the “to/for” case
Dative
Give the case for each preposition: propter, post, cum, in
propter: accusative, post: accusative, cum: ablative, in: ablative
Genetive singular of 3rd declension nouns
-is
Predicate nominitave case (Grammar 474)
Nominative
Natural gender rule applies to ALL declensions (Grammar 46-47)
A noun naming a male person is masculine (dux); a noun naming a female person is feminine (māter)
