10/19/2017 Latin Case System Video and Notes
We watched and took notes on this Latin Tutorial Video.
Latin Case System by Latin Tutorial
Key concepts
Latin Case System by Latin Tutorial
Key concepts
- There are FIVE families of nouns in Latin.
- These families are called DECLENSIONS
- Nouns belonging to the same DECLENSION have the same endings.
- Noun endings are added to the noun stem. The noun stem is determined by removing the genitive ending from the genitive (possessive) form of the noun. In a Latin dictionary nouns appear with the nominative form, the genitive form and the gender (m, f. n.: masculine, feminine, neuter). You have to memorize the genitive form.
- There are five main categories of noun endings. (See your color printed noun chart in your interactive notebook.)
- NOMINATIVE- subject
- GENITIVE - possession
- DATIVE- indirect object
- ACCUSATIVE - direct object
- ABLATIVE -(often) the object of a preposition
- These categories are called CASES
- CASES tell you what role the noun is doing in a sentence:
- Is it the subject of the verb?
- Is it the direct object of the verb?
- Is it in the possessive form (the dog OF the girl?)
- Is it the indirect of object? Usually translated "to" or "for" the indirect object receives the direct object: The girl gives a present to the boy. Puella donum puero dat.)
- Is it the object of a preposition?
