Nouns and their Cases Flashcards
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Nominative Case
The nominative case indicates the subject of a sentence.
The girl loves her mother
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Genetive Case
The genetive case indicates possesion.
The girl loves her friend’s dog.
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Dative Case
The dative case indicates the indirect object.
“to the (noun)”
The teacher gives a book to the boy.
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Accusative Case
The accusative case indicates the direct object or place to which.
- The teacher gives a book to the boy. “A book” is the indirect object
- The boy walks to the city. “To the city” is the place to which.
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Ablative Case
The ablative case indicates accompaniment.
*The ablative case has other meanings aswell.
The boy sits with the girl. “With the girl” is the accompaniment, as with is the preposition that modifies girl, so the ending of girl must be in the ablative case (puella).
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Vocative Case
The vocative case indicates the addresse of a question or command.
Sit down, Marcus! “Marcus” is the addresse, therefore his name is in the vocative case.
State the endings of the declension
1st Declension Endings
Gender: Feminine
Singular:
Nom: -a
Gen: -ae
Dat: -ae
Acc: -am
Abl: -long a
Voc: a
Plural:
Nom: -ae
Gen: -long arum
Dat: -long is
Acc: -long as
Abl: -long is
Voc: -ae
When there is “long” before an ending, it indiciates that there is a macron above the first letter of the ending.
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2nd Declension Endings
Gender: Masculine
Singular:
Nom: -us
Gen: -long i
Dat: -long o
Acc: -um
Abl: -long o
Voc: -e
Plural:
Nom: -long i
Gen: -long orum
Dat: -long is
Acc: -long os
Abl: -long is
Voc: -long i
When there is “long” before an ending, it indiciates that there is a macron above the first letter of the ending.
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2nd Declension Endings
Gender: Neuter
Singular:
Nom: -um
Gen: -long i
Dat: -long o
Acc: -um
Abl: -long o
Voc: -um
Plural:
Nom: -a
Gen: -long orum
Dat: -long is
Acc: -a
Abl: -long is
Voc: -a
When there is “long” before an ending, it indiciates that there is a macron above the first letter of the ending.
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3rd Declension Endings
Gender: Masculine/Feminine
Singular:
Nom: -first pp
Gen: -is
Dat: -long i
Acc: -em
Abl: -e
Voc: -first pp
Plural:
Nom: -long es
Gen: -um
Dat: -ibus
Acc: -long es
Abl: -ibus
Voc: -long es
State the endings of the declension
3rd Declension Endings
Gender: Neuter
Singular:
Nom: -first pp
Gen: -is
Dat: -long i
Acc: -first pp
Abl: -e
Voc: -first pp
Plural:
Nom: -a
Gen: -um
Dat: -ibus
Acc: -a
Abl: -ibus
Voc: -a
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4th Declension Endings
Gender: Masculine
Singular:
Nom: -us
Gen: -long us
Dat: -ui
Acc: -um
Abl: -u
Voc: -es
Plural:
Nom: -long us
Gen: -uum
Dat: -ibus
Acc: -long us
Abl: -ibus
Voc: -long us
*u stupid, u idiot, etc..
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4th Declension Endings
Gender: Neuter
Singular:
Nom: -u
Gen: -long us
Dat: -u
Acc: -u
Abl: -u
Voc: -u
Plural:
Nom: -ua
Gen: -uum
Dat: -ibus
Acc: -ua
Abl: -ibus
Voc: -ua
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5th Declension Endings
Gender: Feminine
Singular:
Nom: -long es
Gen: -ei
Dat: -ei
Acc: -em
Abl: -long e
Voc: -es
Plural:
Nom: -long es
Gen: -erum
Dat: -ebus
Acc: -long es
Abl: -ebus
Voc: -long es
