Lesson 15 Grammar Review Flashcards
Give the three kinds of 1st/2nd declension adjectives.
regular (bonus -a -um), er adjectives (drop or retain the e), the Naughty Nine
Give the Locative Rule.
For cities and small islands, the locative is identical to the ablative except in the 1st and 2nd declension singular, where it is identical to the gentiive. It is translated by in or at.
The verb ___ can be used to mean ___ or ___ in the sense of existence
sum; there is; there are
Give two examples of Latin nouns that have only plural forms and meanings. Write the Latin and English.
liberi (children), arma (arms, weapons), hiberna (winter quarters), angustiae (when it means “difficulties”)
The place or location of something is in the ___ case.
locative
When sum is used to mean there is or there are, sum will be in the ___ person, and is usually the ___ word in the sentence or ___ the subject.
third; first; before
Give two latin examples where an adjective is used as a noun to describe a group of people or things.
multa (many things), nostri (our men), multi (many people)
In Enlgish, some adjectives require a ___ to complete their thought.
prepositional phrase
Give two examples of Latin nouns with plural forms that have singular meanings in English. Write the Latin and English.
insidiae (plot, ambush), castra (camp), impedimenta (baggage, baggage train), angústiae (when it means “narrow place”)
The Naught Nine have irregular forms in what cases?
genitive and dative
Give two examples of adjectives used as nouns in English.
the poor, the good, the bad, the ugly, the tired, the weary, etc.
The three ways in Latin to express this prepositional phrase are by ___.
case, preposition, infinitive.
Give three kinds of 3rd declension adjectives.
1, 2, 3 terminations
Some verbs may take two accusatives instead of one. One example is verbs that call someone something, where the something is called a ___ and the construction is called the ___.
predicate accusative; double accusative
Latin often uses the ___ as a noun to describe a group of people or things.
masculine or neuter nominative plural adjective
