Lesson 4 Grammar Rules

Question 1

What are the gender of 4th declension nouns?

Answer 1

All are masculine except
manus, ūs, fem (hand),
domus, ūs, fem (house),
cornnū, ūs, neut (horn),
genū, ūs, neut (knee),
and a few others

Question 2

When is the ACCUSATIVE
case used with the latin word “in”?

Answer 2

Whenever there is movement/motion expressed by the “in”, the ACCUSATIVE is used.

Question 3

When is the ABLATIVE case used with the latin word “in”?

Answer 3

Whenever there is no idea of movement or motion by the “in”, the ABLATIVE is used.

Question 4

Where does the word AUTEM stand in a sentence?

Answer 4

Autem is postpositive.

This means it cannot stand first in a clause but must ALWAYS FOLLOW THE FIRST WORD OR PHRASE OF ITS CLAUSE.

Question 5

What are the endings of 4th declension nouns?

Answer 5

us ūs
ūs uum
uī ibus
um ūs
ū ibus