Latin Cases

Front 1

Nominative

Back 1

The subject of a sentence.

English example:
The girl is drinking coffee.
"The girl" is the nominative

It can also mark things that are equal to the object. For example, if the sentence was instead "The girl is tall" then "The girl" and "tall" are both nominatives.

Front 2

Genative

Back 2

Marks a noun that is modifying another noun, usually possessively.

English example:
"The girl's coffee."
"the girl's" modifies the coffee, because it changes it from simply being coffee, to coffee that is belonging to someone specifically.

Front 3

Dative

Back 3

Usually indicates the noun to which something is being given.

English example:
"Emily gave Courtney a drink."
Courtney would be in the dative case because she is being given the drink.

Front 4

Accusative

Back 4

Direct objects.

Here's something to help you remember how to find the direct object.
Subject + Verb + (who? or what?) = Direct object.
Example:
Emily accidentally spilled the drink on Courtney.
The subject is Emily
The verb is spilled
who or what did she spill? The drink
Therefore the drink is the direct object!

Front 5

Ablative

Back 5

Ablatives modify or limit nouns, similarly like adverbs.

English example:
The drink was hot.
Hot is the word which you would put in ablative case.

Front 6

Vocative

Back 6

Is used to address someone or something by name.

In the examples on other cards, "Emily" and "Courtney" would be written in vocative case.