Henle Unit 1 Lesson 1 Grammar
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Grammar flashcards
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Challenge B Baton Rouge, Bradley Family, CCQC Challenge 1, CC of Hillsboro, CC Challenge I of Eville
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 A group of Latin nouns is called a | declension |
| How many declensions are there | 5 |
| The two steps to decline a noun are | finding the stem and adding the proper endings |
| What information does the ending of a noun give us | it's function in the sentence and the number |
| What tells us the declension of a noun | genitive singular ending |
| Genitive singular of 1st declension nouns end in | ae |
| Nouns whose genitive singluar end in -ae belong to which declension | 1st |
| How do we find the stem of a noun | drop the ending from the genitive singular |
| Decline terra | terra, terrae, terrae, terram, terrā, terrae, terrārum, terrīs, terrās, terrīs |
| 1st declension nouns are mostly what gender | feminine |
| What are the exceptions to the 1st declension gender rule | poeta, agricola, incola, nauta (PAIN) |
| Nouns have what 4 properties | gender, number, case, declension |
| What are the 3 genders in Latin | masculine, feminine, neuter |
| What is natural gender | Individual male persons are masculine and individual female persons are feminine |
| If there is no "natural gender" how can we tell the gender of a noun | from a memorized rule or memorizing it with the vocabulary |
| What are the 7 Latin cases | nominative, genitive, dative, accusative, ablative, vocative, locative |
| What 2 forms of a noun should we memorize | nominative singular and genitive singular |
| What information is contained in the endings of verbs | personal pronouns used as subjects |
| The subject of a sentence is in what case | nominative |
| What are the functions of the nominative case | subject and predicate noun |
| A predicate noun is in what case | nominative |
| In what 2 ways does a verb agree with its subject | number and person |
| What is the function of the accusative case | direct object |
| What case is the direct object | accusative |
| Typically, where is the verb in the sentence | last |
| Generally where are adverbs related to the word they modify | immediately before |
| Many English of-phrases and possessives are in which case | genitive |
| What are the functions of the genitive case | possessive and of-phrases |
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