Word Endings Video

Question 1

What do noun endings in English mark?

Answer 1

Noun endings in English mark number and case

Question 2

What do noun endings in Latin mark?

Answer 2

Noun endings in Latin mark gender, number, and case

Question 3

What is gender part of? Does it change? How is it indicated?

Answer 3

Gender is part of a noun. It does not change. It is indicated by inflection.

Question 4

What is/are more fully indicated by inflection? (Although ambiguity still exists)

Answer 4

Number and case are more fully indicated than gender by inflection, although ambiguity still exists

Question 5

When subject and object are ambiguous, the ____ normally precedes the _______.

Answer 5

When subject and object are ambiguous, the subject normally precedes the object

Question 6

What is inflection?

Answer 6

Inflection is modification of word endings

Question 7

What is declension?

Answer 7

Declension is the inflection, or modification of word endings of nouns, pronouns, and adjectives.

Question 8

What is conjugation?

Answer 8

The inflection, or modification of word endings of verb

Question 9

In English, what does the declension of pronouns reveal?

Answer 9

Declension in English reveals NUMBER (singular or plural) and CASE - which can be subjective (he), objective (him), or possesive (his).

Question 10

Can pronouns also have particular forms for subjective and objective?

Answer 10

yes

Question 11

Provide example of subjective and objective forms of pronounss

Answer 11

she vs. her ; I vs. me

Depends if subject in sentence

Question 12

In Latin, what is critical to know in making a sentence?

Answer 12

Gender, number, case are critical to know in making a sentence in Latin

Question 13

In Latin, what does declension mark or reveal?

Answer 13

Gender, number (singular or plural) and the case (ie grammatical function of a noun or a pronoun [subjective or possessive]

Question 14

List of Latin cases

Answer 14

nominative genitive dative accusative vocative (minor case included in paradigms and second declension nouns), locative (very uncommon)

Question 15

Canis infantem mordet

Answer 15

The dog bites the child

Question 16

Canem infans mordet

Answer 16

The child bites the dog

Question 17

Canes infans mordet

Answer 17

The child bites the dogs

Question 18

Canem infantes mordent

Answer 18

The children bite the dog

Question 19

Canes infantes mordent

Answer 19

The dogs bite the children

Question 20

Infantes canes mordent

Answer 20

The children bite the dogs

Question 21

mordet vs. mordent

Answer 21

mordet = bites
mordent = bite

Question 22

infantem vs, infans vs, infantes

Answer 22

infantem = child as the object. The dog bites the child
infans = child as subject
infantes - children as object or subject

Question 23

canis vs. canem vs. canes

Answer 23

canis = dog as subject
canem = dog as object  The child bites the dog
canes = dog as plural object or subject:  The child bites the dog. The dogs bite the child.

Question 24

If words have the sames ending, ______ comes first

Answer 24

If words have the same ending, the subject comes first
Canes infantes mordent = The dogs bite the children
Infantes canes mordent = The children bite the dogs

Question 25

Verb plus object is the _______

Answer 25

Predicate

Question 26

The predicate is ….?

Answer 26

The predicate is what we are saying about the subject

Question 27

In Latin, word order is more a function of …

Answer 27

In Latin, word order is more a function of emphasis

Question 28

In English, syntax, or rules for creating well formed sentences, is governed strictly by…

Answer 28

In English, syntax is strictly governed by word order

Question 29

In Latin, syntax is organized almost entirely by….

Answer 29

Latin syntax is organized by word ending

Question 30

What is the nature vs, nurture of English vs Latin

Answer 30

Order vs. ending

Question 31

Does inflection have anything to do with raising or lowering voice

Answer 31

No. Inflection has to do with word endings

Question 32

What does the fact that Latin syntax is governed by inflection do to sentence word order?

Answer 32

Inflection allows for free word order, This can allow for emphasis or to mimic source in translation (like the Bible)