nominative, accusative and dative cases Flashcards
whats the nominative case?
a noun that is doing the thing
whats the accusative case?
the noun that is having something done to them
whats the first declension?
nouns ending in ‘a’ in the nominative case and ending in ‘am’ in the accusative case
whats the second declension?
nouns ending in ‘us’ in the nominative case and ending in ‘um’ in the accusative case
whats the third declension?
nouns ending in ‘or’, ‘o’ and ‘ex’ in the nominative case and ending in ‘em’ in the accusative case
what ending does a noun in the plural nominative first declension have?
ae
what ending does a noun in the plural nominative second declension have?
i
what ending does a noun in the plural nominative third declension have?
es
what ending does a noun in the plural accusative first declension have?
as
what ending does a noun in the plural accusative second declension have?
os
what ending does a noun in the plural accusative third declension have?
es
whats the dative case?
when a noun is receiving something
what ending does a noun in the singular dative first declension have?
ae
what ending does a noun in the singular dative second declension have?
o
what ending does a noun in the singular dative third declension have?
i