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Lesson 17: Grammar Review Flashcards

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1
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The three tenses that make up the present system are ___.

A

present, imperfect, future

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In English I praise is the ___ present, I am praising is the ___ present, and I do praise is the ___ present.

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simple; progressive; emphatic

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3
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2nd-declension -um nouns are always ___ in gender.

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neuter

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4
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The perfect tense describes what kind of action?

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a one-time action completed in the past

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5
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What is the to/for case?

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dative

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What is the possessive case?

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genitive

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Nouns that name non-living things have ___ gender.

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grammatical

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The predicate tells ___

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what the subject is or does

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9
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Verbs have ___ endings and nouns have ___ endings.

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personal, tense; case

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10
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Give three translations for the Latin noun mensa.

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table, a table, the table

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11
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How many declensions are there? Name them.

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five; 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th

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12
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The pluperfect tense endings are identical to ___.

A

the imperfect tense of sum

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13
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How many conjugations are there? Name them.

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four; first, second, third, fourth

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14
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What is Sentence Pattern #2?

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Subject + Verb + Direct Object

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15
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Give three translations for amavi.

A

I loved, I have loved, I did love

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16
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What is the first complement in this text?

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the complementary infinitive

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17
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The two basic parts of a sentence are ___.

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the subject and the predicate

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18
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The to be verb shows ___, not ___.

A

existence; action

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19
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What are principal parts? How many are there?

A

The forms that provide the stems needed to conjugate a verb in all its tenses. There are usually four principal parts.

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20
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The perfect tense is built on the ___ stem.

A

perfect

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21
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What is the of case?

A

genitive

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22
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To what does the case of a noun refer?

A

the job (function) of a noun in a sentence

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23
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The future perfect tense is built on the ___ stem.

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perfect

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24
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What is the subject case?

A

nominative

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25
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Give the two grammar numbers.

A

singular, plural

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26
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The natural gender rule ___ all other gender rules.

A

trumps

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27
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The subject tells

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who or what the sentence is about

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28
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In Latin grammar, perfect means ___.

A

finished

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29
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The genitive singular of a 1st-declension noun always ends in ___.

A

-ae

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30
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Give the English forms of the to be verb.

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am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been

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31
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Give two Latin words that have the long sound of the five vowels.

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glória Jesu

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32
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Three exceptions to the 1st-declension gender rule are ___.

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agricola, nauta, poeta

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33
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In Latin and English, hard c has the sound of

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/k/

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34
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Name the two subgroups of the 2nd declension, and give their gender.

A
  1. -us nouns with masculine gender
  2. -um nouns with neuter gender
35
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How do you find the present stem?

A

Drop re from the infinitive

36
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What English helping verb translates the Latin future tenses?

A

will

37
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In Latin grammar, imperfect means ___.

A

not finished

38
Q

What is Sentence Pattern #1?

A

Subject + Verb

39
Q

Give the three grammar persons.

A

first person, second person, third person

40
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What English helping verbs translate the imperfect tense?

A

were, was

41
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In Latin, gn is pronounced like ___. Give two examples.

A

/ny/; pugno (I fight), magnus (large)

42
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What is the in/by/with/from case?

A

ablative

43
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The tenses that make up the present system are ___, ___, ___ and they are built on the ___.

A

perfect, pluperfect, future perfect; perfect stem

44
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2nd-declension -us nouns are usually ___ in gender.

A

masculine

45
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The imperfect tense is used to describe an ___, ___, ___ or ___ ___action.

A

ongoing, repeated, habitual; interrupted

46
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The genitive singular of a 2nd-declension noun always ends in ___.

A

-i

47
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1st-declension nouns are usually what gender?

A

feminine

48
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Soft c has the sound of ___ in English and ___ in Latin.

A

/s/; /ch/

49
Q

The present system is built on the ___.

A

present stem

50
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The English infinitive is written with the particle ___ before the verb.

A

to

51
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The three genders are ___.

A

masculine, feminine, neuter

52
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Verb families are called ___.

A

conjugations

53
Q

What is the direct object case?

A

accusative

54
Q

Give the six attributes of a Latin verb.

A

conjugation, person, number, tense, voice, mood

55
Q

Name the cases in order.

A

nominative, genitive, dative, accusative, ablative

56
Q

The infinitive ending for all 1st conjugation verbs is ___.

A

-are

57
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What is the name of the 2nd principal part?

A

infinitive

58
Q

What is the neuter rule?

A

nominative and accusative endings are the same

nominative and accusative plural ending is -a

59
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The future perfect tense endings are identical to ___ except for the ___.

A

the future tense of sum; 3rd person plural

60
Q

The 1st person is the person ___.

The 2nd person is the person ___.

The 3rd person is the person ___.

A

speaking

spoken to

spoken about

61
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Give the names, from left to right, of the last three syllables of a Latin word.

A

antepenult; penult; ultima

62
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Verb familes are called ___, and noun families are called ___.

A

conjugations; declensions

63
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Always in Latin and usually in English, c, g, and sc are hard before

A

a, o, u, consonants

64
Q

Give the five vowel letters and their long sounds in Latin.

A

a, e, i, o, u

/ah/ /ay/ /ee/ /oh/ ōō/

65
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Something that completes the action of the verb is a ___.

A

complement

66
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What English helping verb translates the pluperfect tense?

A

had

67
Q

Latin does not have the English articles ___.

A

a, an, the

68
Q

The imperfect tense sign is ___.

A

ba

69
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Give the four attributes of nouns.

A

declension, gender, number, and case

70
Q

Nouns that name male or female persons or animals have ___ gender. Give three English examples.

A

natural; sister, brother, father, queen, king, uncle, etc.

71
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What English helping verbs translate the Latin perfect tense?

A

have, has, did

72
Q

Give the regular endings for the principal parts of 1st conjugation verbs.

A

-o -are -avi -atus

73
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Always in Latin and usually in English, c, g, and sc are soft before

A

e, i, ae, oe

74
Q

Give the names for the three forms of the English present tense.

A

simple present, progressive present, emphatic present

75
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The pluperfect tense is built on the ___ stem.

A

perfect

76
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The accent is on the ___ unless the ___ is marked.

A

penult; antepenult

77
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The stem vowel of the 1st conjugation is __.

A

a

78
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How do you find the perfect stem?

A

Drop -i from the 3rd principal part.

79
Q

The future perfect tense describes what kind of action?

A

a future action that will be completed prior to another future action

80
Q

What is the indirect object case?

A

dative

81
Q

How many Latin tenses are there? Name them.

A

six; present, imperfect, future, perfect, pluperfect, future perfect

82
Q

What English helping verbs translate the future perfect tense?

A

will have

83
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The pluperfect tense describes what kind of action?

A

a past action completed prior to another past action

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