Uses of Groups (declension of nouns) Flashcards
Nominative
Indicates the subject of a sentence. (The boy loves the book).
Vocative
Indicates possession. (The boy loves the girl’s book).
Accusative
Indicates indirect object. (The boy gave the book to the girl).
Genetive
Indicates direct object. (The boy loves the book).
Dative
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.
Ablative
Used for direct address: Son, pick up the book.
Locative
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).