NLE Level 1 Grammar Flashcards
Nouns are grouped into five families called ___.
declensions
Name the four attributes of a Latin noun.
Declension, gender, number, and case
How many declensions are there? Name them.
5; 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th
How many genders are there? Name them.
3; masculine, feminine, neuter
How many numbers are there? Name them.
nominative, genitive, dative, accusative, ablative
Name the 5 cases and their job.
Nominative - subject case
Gentive - possessive or of case
Dative - indirect object or to/for case
Accusative - direct object case
Ablative - in/by/with/from case
Decline mensa
mensa, mensae, mensae, mensam, mensā; mensae, mensārum mensīs, mensās, mensīs
Decline servus
servus, servī, servō, servum, servō; servī, servōrum, servī, servōs, servīs
Decline bellum
bellu, bellī, bellō, bellum, bellō; bella bellōrum, bellīs, bella, bellis
Decline bonus.
bonus, bona, bunum, bonī, bonae, bonī, bonō, bonae, bonō, bonum bonam bonum, bonō, bonā, bonō; bonī, bonae, bona, bonō, bonārum, bonōrum, bonīs, bonīs, bonīs, bonōs, bonās, bona, bonīs, bonīs, bonīs
Decline the First Person Latin personal pronoun
ego, mei, mihi, mē, mē, nōs, nostrī, nostrum, nōbis, nōs, nōbīs
Decline the Second person Latin personal pronoun
tū, tuī, tibi, tē, tē, vōs, vestrī, vestrum, vōbis, vōs, vōbīs
Conjugate laudō in the Indicative active present tense
laudō, laudās, laudat, laudāmus, laudātis, laudant
Conjugate laudō in the Indicative active imperfect tense
laudābam, laudābās, laudābat, laudābāmus, laudābātis, laudābant
Conjugate moneō in the Indicative active present tense
moneō, monēs, monet, monēmus, monētis, monent
Conjugate moneō in the Indicative active imperfect tense
monēbam, monēbas, monēbat, monēbāmus, monēbātis, monēbant
Conjugate the irregular verb sum in the present tense.
sum, es, est, sumus, estis, sunt
Conjugate the irregular verb sum in the imperfect tense.
eram, erās, erat, erāmus, erātis, erant
A ___ is a noun that follows a linking verb, renames the subject, and is in the ___ case.
predicate nominative; nominative
A ___ is an adjective that follows a linking verb, describes the subject, and is in the ___ case.
predicate adjective; nominative
A ___ receives the action of the verb and is in the ___ case.
direct object; accusative
A ___ is in the ___ case.
possessive; genitive
An ___ is in the ___ case.
indirect object; dative
___ and ___ verbs, such as ___. ___., ___ usually have indirect objects.
Giving; telling; do; narro; respondeo
Prepositions take (govern) either the ___ or ___ case
accusative; ablative
The ___ is identical to the nominative in all declensions except singular masculine nouns of the 2nd declension ending in ___ or ___, where ___ replaces ___, and ___ replaces ___.
vocative; us; ius; e; us; i; ius
What is the imperfect tense marker?
bā
The ___ mood is used for commands.
imperative
The imperative singular of 1st/2nd conjugation verbs is formed by dropping the ___. The plural imperative is formed by adding ___ to the singular imperative.
re from the infinitive; te
What is the present infinitive ending of 1st conjugation verbs?
āre
What is the present infinitive ending of 2nd conjugation verbs?
ēre
In English, the infinitive is translated by the particle ___ + the verb.
to
Yes or no questions are formed by adding the particle ___ to the end of the first word of the sentence, usually the verb.
-ne
Decline lēx.
lēx, lēgis, lēgī, lēgem, lēge; lēgēs, lēgum, lēgibus, lēgēs, lēgibus