year 8 test 2 Flashcards
what is the accusative case used for?
to show where the object is in a sentence
what is the nominative case used for?
to show where the subject is in a sentence
what are the nominative case endings?
a,us,r, is,o,x
what are the accusative case endings?
am,um,rem,em,nem
what are three nominative nouns?
servus, canis, mercator
what are three accusative nouns?
servum, mercatorem, canem
what are the nominative endings for the first declension?
a
what are the nominative endings for the second declension?
us and er
what are the nominative endings for the third declension?
r,is,o and x
what are the accusative endings for the first declension?
am
what are the accusative endings for the second declension?
um
what are the accusative endings for the third declension?
rem,em,nem,em
if a noun ends in a in the nominative form what would it’s ending be in the accusative case?
am
if a noun ends in um in the accusative case what would it’s ending be in the nominative case?
us or r
what does catia canem tenet mean?
catia holds the dog
what are the 3 endings, for I YOU HE/SHE/IT
O
S
T
how can you tell which case a noun is?
accusative nouns always end in M
what are cases and why does latin use them?
Latin uses cases because word order doesn’t matter, so you can tell what the subject is doing to the object by using cases
what is Gisconem Catia spectat of Catia was in the accusative form?
Gisco Catiam spectat
what is the subject(nominative)
the person who does the verb
what is the object (accusative)
the person who the subject does the verb to
