nominative, accusative and dative cases Flashcards

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1
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whats the nominative case?

A

a noun that is doing the thing

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2
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whats the accusative case?

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the noun that is having something done to them

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3
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whats the first declension?

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nouns ending in ‘a’ in the nominative case and ending in ‘am’ in the accusative case

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4
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whats the second declension?

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nouns ending in ‘us’ in the nominative case and ending in ‘um’ in the accusative case

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5
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whats the third declension?

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nouns ending in ‘or’, ‘o’ and ‘ex’ in the nominative case and ending in ‘em’ in the accusative case

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6
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what ending does a noun in the plural nominative first declension have?

A

ae

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what ending does a noun in the plural nominative second declension have?

A

i

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8
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what ending does a noun in the plural nominative third declension have?

A

es

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9
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what ending does a noun in the plural accusative first declension have?

A

as

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10
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what ending does a noun in the plural accusative second declension have?

A

os

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what ending does a noun in the plural accusative third declension have?

A

es

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12
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whats the dative case?

A

when a noun is receiving something

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13
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what ending does a noun in the singular dative first declension have?

A

ae

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14
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what ending does a noun in the singular dative second declension have?

A

o

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what ending does a noun in the singular dative third declension have?

A

i

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16
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what ending does a noun in the plural dative first declension have?

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is

17
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what ending does a noun in the plural dative second declension have?

A

is

18
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what ending does a noun in the plural dative third declension have?

A

ibus

19
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what ending do you add to a adjective ending in i to make it mean very something?

A

ssimi

20
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what ending do you add to a adjective ending in us to make it mean very something?

A

issimus

21
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what ending do you add to a adjective ending in a to make it mean very something?

A

issima

22
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what are superlatives?

A

adjectives that mean very something