Grammar - Week 8

Question 1

Direct object case

Answer 1

Accusative

Question 2

Position of verb

Answer 2

The verb usually stands last in the sentence.

Question 3

There is

There are

Answer 3

est (the expletive there)

sunt (the expletive there)

Question 4

Genitve singular of 1st declension nouns

Answer 4

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

Question 5

Genitive singular of 2nd declension nouns

Answer 5

-i

Question 6

Genetive singular of 3rd declension nouns

Answer 6

-is

Question 7

3rd declension masculine noun rule (Grammar 49)

Answer 7

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

Question 8

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

Answer 8

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

Question 9

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

Answer 9

Dative

Question 10

Subject case

Answer 10

Nominative

Question 11

Gender of 2nd declension nouns

Answer 11

-us - masculine

-um - neuter

Question 12

Prepositions take either of what two cases?

Answer 12

Ablative, accusative

Question 13

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

Answer 13

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

Question 14

Position of adverb

Answer 14

The adverb usually stands immediately before hte word it modifies.

Question 15

Gender of 1st declension nouns

Answer 15

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

Question 16

3rd declension feminine noun rule (Grammar 50)

Answer 16

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

Question 17

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

Answer 17

Anywhere in sentence

Question 18

Two ways to indicate indirect objects in English

Answer 18

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

Question 19

Case for possessives and “of” phrases

Answer 19

Genitive

Question 20

Agreement rule for appositives (Grammar 473)

Answer 20

An appositive agrees with its noun in number and case.

Question 21

3rd declension neuter noun rule (Grammar 51)

Answer 21

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

Question 22

Predicate nominitave case (Grammar 474)

Answer 22

Nominative

Question 23

Subject-verb agreement

Answer 23

The verb agrees with its subject in person and number.

Question 24

Unique characteristic of all neuter (Grammar 39)

Answer 24

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

Question 25

Appositive

Answer 25

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