Uses of Groups (declension of nouns) Flashcards

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Nominative

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Indicates the subject of a sentence. (The boy loves the book).

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Vocative

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Indicates possession. (The boy loves the girl’s book).

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Accusative

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Indicates indirect object. (The boy gave the book to the girl).

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Genetive

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Indicates direct object. (The boy loves the book).

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5
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Dative

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Answers the questions from where? by what means? how? from what
cause? in what manner? when? or where?
The ablative is used to show separation (from), instrumentality or
means (by, with), accompaniment (with), or locality (at). It is often
used with a preposition: The boy went to the store with the girl.

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6
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Ablative

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Used for direct address: Son, pick up the book.

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Locative

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Also answers the question where? in what place?
In classical Latin the locative was nearly obsolete, replaced by the
ablative of location, and was confined to cities, small islands, and a
few others words (Romae, at Rome; domi, at home; ruri, in the country;
humi, on the ground).

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