Lesson 4 Grammar Review Flashcards
How do you form yes or no questions in Latin?
Add the enclitic -ne to the end of the first word, usually the verb.
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”)
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”)
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
The verb ___ can be used to mean ___ or ___ in the sense of existence
sum; there is; there are
What are the two types of direct questions?
1) questions introduced by question words
2) questions answered with a yes or no
Some nouns have plural forms only, but may have a singular or plural ___. A noun and its verb must agree in person and ___.
meaning; number
3rd io verbs belong to the 3rd conjugation because their infinitive ends in ___.
-ere
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
The to be verb shows ___, not ___.
existence; action
The English infinitive is written with the particle ___ before the verb.
to
A participle is a ___.
verbal adjective
What are principal parts? How many are there?
The forms that provide the stems needed to conjugate a verb in all its tenses. There are usually four principal parts.
What is the name of the 2nd principal part?
infinitive
The 4th principal part is a ___.
participle
