| A | B |
|---|
| nominative | subject |
| genitive | possession |
| dative | indirect object |
| accusative | direct object and some preps |
| ablative | SID SPACE |
| paedagogus | tutor |
| paedagogorum | of the tutors |
| paedagogis | to the tutors |
| McCaffrey's Rule | datives are people, ablatives are things |
| e lecto | out of bed |
| genitive | translates as "of" |
| dative | translates as "to" or "for" |
| ablative | translates "by", "with", or "from" |
| ad villam | to the house |
| ab villa | from the house |
| a studentibus | by the students |
| de caelo | from the sky |
| ex cathedra | from the chair |
| Grammaticus baculo Sextum verberabit. | The teacher will beat Sextus with a stick. |
| Loquitur lente. | She speaks slowly. |
| Quam | how |
| quam celerrime | as quickly as possible |
| in ludo | in school |
| in ludum | into school |
| Da mihi alium! | Give me another! |
| Neque Marcus neque Sextus se movit. | Neither Marcus nor Sextus moved himself. |
| cum strepitu | with noise |
| strepitu | because of noise |
| 1st declension | mostly feminine |
| 2nd declension | masculine or neuter |
| 3rd declension | any gender |
| 4th declension | feminine or neuter |
| 5th declension | mostly feminine |
| per vias | through the streets |
| domum | home |
| domo | from home |
| Me experitur. | He tests me. |
| in cubiculo | in the bedroom |
| in cubiculum | into the bedroom |
| neuter | nom. and acc. plurals end in -A |
