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Nouns have:
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Gender -masculine, feminine, neuter
Number - singular & plural Case - Nom., Gen., Dat., Acc., Abl. Declension - adding ending to the stem to show different genders, numbers, and cases |
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Cases for Nouns in Latin:
Nominative Genitive Dative Accusative Ablative |
Nom. - Subject
Gen. - Possessive ( 's or s') Dat. - Indirect Object ( "to" or "for") Acc. - Direct Object Abl. - Object of Preposition (by,with,from...) |
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to find the Stem of a noun:
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drop the ENDING of the
GENITIVE SINGULAR for example: vi-ae, stem: vi- *the STEM spelling remains the same, the ENDING is what tells the noun's function in the sentence: subject, direct object, indirect object, etc. |
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First Declension - Singular endings
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Singular
Nom. -a Agri'cola - a/the farmer Gen. -ae Agri'colae - of a farmer Dat. -ae Agri'colae - to/for a farmer Acc. -am Agri'colam - a/the farmer Abl. -a Agri'cola - by/with a farmer |
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First Declension - Plural Endings
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Plural
Nom. -ae Agri'colae - the farmers Gen. -a'rum Agri'cola'rum -of farmers Dat. -is Agri'colis- to/for farmers Acc. -as Agri'colas -the farmers Abl. -is Agri'colis-by/with farmers |
