A | B |
the last 3 syllables of a Latin word | antepenult penult ultima |
The accent is on the ---unless the antepenult is marked. | penult |
Verb families | conjugations |
Name the 4 conjugations. | first second third fourth |
6 attributes of a Latin verb | conjugation person number tense voice mood |
3 grammar persons | 1st 2nd 3rd |
1st person---2nd person---3rd person-- | speaks, is spoken to, is spoken about |
2 grammar numbers | singular plural |
Name the 6 tenses. | present imperfect future perfect pluperfect future perfect |
Stem vowel of 1st conjugation | a |
3 forms of English present tense | simple progresive emphatic |
I praise is, I am praising is, I do praise is ---tense | simple progressive emphatic |
In Latin imperfect means | not finished |
Imperfect tense is used to describe --- | ongoing repeated habituaol interrupted action |
What Engl helping verbs translate imperfect tense? | were was |
The two basic parts of a sentence re | subject and predicate |
The subject | who or what the sentence is about |
The predicate | what the subject is or does |
Sentence pattern 1 | subject + verb |
What English helping verb translates Latin future tense? | will |
3 tenses in perfect system | present imperfect future perfect pluperfect future perfect |
Present system is built on | present stem |
What are principal parts? How many? | forms providing stems to conjugate; 4 |
What is the 2nd principal part called? | infinitive |
The infinitive ending for 1st conj | are |
How do you fin d the present stem? | Drop re from infinitive |
English infinitive is written with the particle ---before verb | to be sum linking state of being |
The to be verb shows | existence not action s |
English forms of to be verb | am is are was were be being been |
regular endings for principal parts of 1st conj | o are avi atus |
sentence pattern 2 | subject + verb + direct object |
Something that completes the action of a verb is | complementry inf; direct obj in acc case |
The first complement in this text | complementary infinitive |
In Latin grammar perfect means | finished |
The perfect tense describes what kind of action? | one time past action |
The perfect tense is built on=--- | perfect stem |
How do you find the perfect stem? | drop I from 3rd principal part |
3 translations for vocavi | I called I have called I did call |
What English helping verbs translate the perfect tense? | has have did |
The pluperfect tense is built on the --- | perfect stem |
The pluperfect tense describes-- | past action completed prior to another past action |
What English helpings verb translates the pluperfect tense? | had |
The pluperfect tense endings are identical to -- | imperfect of sum |
The future perf tense is built on-- | perfect stem |
The future perf tense describes-- | futus action completed prior to another action in future |
What English ehlping verbs translate future perf tense? | will have |
The future perf tense endings are identical to---except--- | future of sum 3rd person plural |
verb families | conjugations |
noun families | declensions |
Name the declensions | 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, |
Give 4 attributes of nouns | declension gender number case |
The three genders are | masc fem neuter |
Nouns naming masc or fem persons or animals have---gender | natural |
Nouns that name non-living things have ---gender | grammatical |
To what does the case of a noun refer? | job of a noun in sntence |
The cases in order | nom gen dat acc abl |
subject case | nom |
direct object case | acc |
indirect object case | dat |
possessive case | gen |
in/by/with/from case | abl |
to/for case | dat |
of case | gen |
The genitive sing of a 1st decl noun always ends in | ae |
1st decl nouns are usually what gender> | fem |
3 exceptions to 1st feminine rule are | poeta nauta agricola |
Latin does not have the English articles | a an the |
3 translations for mensa | table a table the table |
Genitive singular of 2nd declension nouns always ends in | i |
2nd decl us nouns are this gender | masc fem neuter |
2 subgroups of 2nd declension and gender | us are masc um are neuter |
Verbs have---- and nouns have--- | tense personal endings; case endings |
2nd decl um nouns are this gender | neuter |
The decl a noun belongs to is determined by the | gen sing |
What is the neuter rule | nom and acc are the same; nom and acc pl is -a |
The natural gender rule --all other gender rules | trumps |
The subject and verb must agree in -- | person and number |
What is an adjective? | modifies or describes noun or pronoun |
In Latin an adjective must agree with its noun in---but not-- | gender number case declension |
Usually an adj of --precedes a noun and an adj of--follows | quantity quality |
Counting numbers are called | cardinal |
Numbers which indicate the order of things in a series | ordinal |
Sentence pattern 3 | subj + linking vb+ pa |
Sentence pattern 4 | subj + linking vb + pn |
Tenses of the perfect system---built on----stem | perfect pluperfect future perfect, perfect stem |
gen s of 3rd dec noun | is |
How can you know the gender of a 3rd declension noun? | Memorize it. |
Masc and fem nouns of 3rd decl have---case endings | same |
How do you find the stem of a noun? | drop gen sing ending |
Usual word order for Eng sentence | subj-verb-direct object |
How many of 7 basic sentence patterns have complements? | six |
3 complements | direct object, pred adj, pred nomiative |
2 kinds of direct objects | complementry inf; direct obj in acc case |
Usual word order for a Latin sentence | subject direct obj verb |
What kind of verb is never followed by a direct object? | to be sum linking state of being |
The gen s of the 4th decl always ends in | us (long) |
Fourth decl nouns are what gender? Exceptions? | masc domus manus |
5th decl gen s ending | ei |
Most 5th decl nouns are what gender? Exception? | feminine dies |
Stem vowel of 2nd decl is | e (long) |
Infinitive ending for 2nd conj is | ere (long) |
Regular endings for principal parts of 2nd conj | eo ere(long) ui itus |
imperfect tense sign | ba |
aeternus a um | eternal everlasting |
agnus agni m | lamb |
agricola ae m | farmer |
altus a um | high deep |
amicus amici m | friend |
annus anni m | year |
bellum belli n | war |
caelum caeli n | sky heaven |
Christus Christi m | Christ |
debitum debiti n | debt sin |
deus dei m | god |
dominus domini m | lord master |
donum doni n | gift |
equus equi m | horse |
filius filii m | son |
forum fori n | forum |
Italia ae f | Italy |
latus a um | wide broad |
magnus a um | great large |
malus a um | bad |
Maria ae f | Mary |
mensa ae f | table |
multus a um | much many |
mundus I m | world mankind |
nauta ae m | sailor |
novus a um | new |
oppidum oppidi n | town |
parvus a um | small |
poeta ae m | ppet |
peulla ae f | girl |
regina ae f | queen |
regnum regni n | kingdom |
Roma Romae f | Rome |
sanctus a um | sacred holy |
saxum saxi n | rock |
servus servi m | slave servant |
templum templi n | temple |
terra ae f | earth land |
verbum verbi n | word |
bonus a um | good |