Latin Grammar Review nouns of the 1st declension – Flashcards
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Verb families are called
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conjugations
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Noun families are called
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declensions
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How many declensions are there?
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5
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Give the four attributes of nouns:
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declension, gender, number, case
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The three genders are:
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masculine, feminine, neuter
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Nouns that name male and female persons have
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natural gender
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Nouns that name non-living things have
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grammatical gender
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First declension nouns are usually
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feminine in gender (1DF)
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Four important exceptions to the 1DF gender rule are
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agricola, poēta, nauta, athlēta
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Latin does not have the English articles
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a, an, the
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Verbs have ____ and ____ endings and nouns have
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Verbs have tense and personal endings and nouns have case endings.
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To what does case refer?
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The job of a noun in the sentence
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The declension a noun belongs to in determined by the
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genitive singular case
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How do you find the stem of a Latin noun?
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Drop the genitive singular ending
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What is the subject case?
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Nominative
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What is the indirect object case?
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Dative
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What is the 'in/by/with/from' case?
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Ablative
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What is the 'of' case? or the possessive case
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Genitive
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What is the direct object case?
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Accusative
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What is the 'to/for' case?
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Dative
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What is the predicate nominative and adjective case?
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Nominative (2)
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What is an adjective?
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A word that modifies or describes a noun or pronoun
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An adjective that follows a linking verb and describes the subject is
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A Predicate Adjective
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A noun that follows a linking verb and renames the subject is
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A Predicate Nominative
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How can you know the gender of a noun?
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You have to memorize it
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The declension a noun belongs to is determined by the
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genitive singular case
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To find the stem of a Latin noun
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drop the genitive singular ending
