| A | B |
| pronoun | stands in for a noun |
| preposition | a position word |
| person, place, thing, or idea | noun |
| verb | an action (or "being") word |
| 1st person | your own point of view, translated "I" |
| 2nd person | translated "you" |
| conjugation | this determines what vowel verbs have before the ending |
| declension | a group of noun endings |
| singular | just one |
| plural | more than one |
| subject | the thing that is doing the verb |
| direct object | the thing that is being verbed |
| nominative | the case used for subject nouns |
| accusative | the case used for direct objects |
| imperfect tense | translated with "was/were" |
| present tense | the tense that is happening now |