Latin Nouns

Latin Nouns

Nominative Nouns = subject that does the verb
1. e.g. ELLA ran the race: Who ran the race? Ella did so Ella is the subject/nominative noun
Accusative Noun = object to which the verb is done
1. e.g. ELLA ran the race. What did Ella run? She ran THE RACE - ie the race is the object/accusative noun
Latin has 3 groups of nouns
1. Each group is called a DECLENSION
  1. Each declension forms the nominative, accusative and dative case in a different way
    1. DECLENSION NUMBER 1
      1. SINGULAR
        NOMINATIVE ends in "a" e.g. ANCILLA (slave girl
        Form the accusative case by adding an "m" - e.g. ANCILLAM
      2. PLURAL
        Nominative ends in "ae" e.g. ancillae
        accusative ends in "S" e.g ancillas
    2. DECLENSION NUMBER 2
      1. SINGULAR
        Ends in "us" - e.g. Caecilius or servus (servant)
        Form the accusative case by changing the last "s" to "m" - e.g. Caecilium or servum
      2. PLURAL
        nominative take off "US" and add "I"
        e.g servi
        accusative take off "US" and add"OS"
        e.g servos
    3. DECLENSION NUMBER 3
      1. SINGULAR
        Other nouns that aren't Declension 1 or 2 - e.g. leo (lion) or mercator (merchant)
        Accusative always ends in "em" - e.g. leonem (lion) or mercatorem (merchant)
      2. PLURAL
        nominative add"ES"
        e.g leones (also add N)
        eg1 mercatores
        accusative is the SAME!!!!

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