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First Declension Nouns

First Declension Nouns. 6 September 2006. Case. A characteristic of Latin nouns is case . Case indicates the role of the noun in a sentence. There are five major cases: Nominative Genitive Dative Accusative Ablative. Nominative Case. Used for subjects Used for predicate nominatives.

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First Declension Nouns

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  1. First Declension Nouns 6 September 2006

  2. Case • A characteristic of Latin nouns is case. • Case indicates the role of the noun in a sentence. • There are five major cases: • Nominative • Genitive • Dative • Accusative • Ablative

  3. Nominative Case • Used for subjects • Used for predicate nominatives

  4. Genitive Case • for possession (the possessor—rather than what is possessed—is in the genitive case • For other grammatical constructs that can be translated with “of,” e.g., “one of you,” “love of God”

  5. Dative Case • Used chiefly for indirect objects • I sent my friend a letter. • You showed me the book. • She gave the customer a receipt. • He told the students about the author.

  6. Accusative Case • Used for direct objects • Used for the objects of certain prepositions

  7. Ablative Case • Used for the objects of certain prepositions

  8. 1st Declension Nouns sg. plural • N. –a –ae • G. –ae –ārum • D. –ae –īs • Acc. –am –ās • Abl. –ā –īs

  9. You must memorize the first-declension case endings

  10. aqua, aquae, f. • fēmina, fēminae, f. • lūna, lūnae, f. • paenīnsula, paenīnsulae, f. • pīrāta, pīrātae, m. • stella, stellae, f. • vita, vitae, f.

  11. Practice with the Cases • Dō fēminīs aquam vitae. • Dō nōn pīrātīs aquam vitae. • Fēmina videt stellās et lūnam. • Fēminae paenīnsulae terrent pīrātās. • Piratae terrent fēminās paenīnsulae. • Stellae et lūna vident fēminam. • Vidēmus pīrātās in aquā.

  12. Dō fēminīs aquam vitae. Dō 1st sg. pres. dō, dare I give fēminīs dat. pl. fēmina, -ae to/for women aquam acc. sg. aqua, aquae water vitae gen. sg. vita, vitae of life I give the water of life to the women.

  13. Dō nōn pīrātīs aquam vitae. Dō 1st sg. pres. dō, dare I give nōn adv. not pīrātīs dat. pl. pīrāta, -ae to pirates aquam acc. sg. aqua, aquae water vitae gen. sg. vita, vitae of life I do not give the water of life to the pirates.

  14. 3. Fēmina videt stellās et lūnam. Fēmina nom. sg. woman videt 3d sg. videō, vidēre sees stellās acc. pl. stella, stella, f. stars et conj. and lūnam acc. sg. lūna, lūnae, f. moon The woman sees the stars and moon.

  15. Fēminae paenīnsulae terrent pīrātās. Fēminae gen. sg. of the woman dat. sg. tothewoman nom. pl thewomen paenīnsulae gen. sg. ofthepeninsula dat. sg. tothepeninsula nom. pl. thepeninsulas terrent 3d pl. terreō, -ēre (they)scare pīrātās acc. pl. thepirates

  16. Fēminae paenīnsulae terrent pīrātās. Fēminae nom. pl thewomen paenīnsulae gen. sg. ofthepeninsula terrent 3d pl. terreō, -ēre (they)scare pīrātās acc. pl. thepirates

  17. The women of the peninsula frighten the pirates. • The women of the peninsula frighten pirates. • The women of the peninsula do frighten pirates. • The women of the peninsula are frightening pirates.

  18. Pīrātae terrent fēminās paenīnsulae. nom. pl. The pirates 3d pl. frighten acc. pl. the women gen. sg. of the peninsula

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