Ecce Romani Chapter 7

Ecce Romani Chapter 7

Multiple Choice

Identify the subject in the following sentence:

Sextus dormit neque Corneliam vexat.

• Sextus

• dormit

• Corneliam

• vexat

Multiple Choice

Identify the direct object in the following sentence:

Sextus dormit neque Corneliam vexat.

• Sextus

• dormit

• Corneliam

• vexat

Open Ended

Explain in your own words what a subject is and what a direct object is:

Endings -ās, -ōs, -ēs

• So far we have learned the singular endings for direct objects (-am, -um, -em)

• Plural nouns and adjectives that are used as direct objects usually end in -s preceded by a long vowel.

• multās epistulās, multōs servōs, and senātōrēs Rōmānōs

Examples

• Multās epistulās scrībit. He writes many letters.

• Multōs servōs spectant. They watch many slaves.

• Senātōrēs Rōmānōs revocat. He recalls the Roman senators.

Multiple Choice

Identify the direct object in the following sentence:

Nūntius puerōs dēfessōs salūtat.

• Nuntius

• pueros

• defessos

• salutat

Multiple Choice

Identify the direct object in the following sentence:

Puerī magnam arborem in agrīs vident.

• Pueri

• arborem

• agris

• vident

Multiple Choice

Identify the direct object in the following sentence:

Cornēlius multās epistulās scrībit.

• Cornelius

• multas

• epistulas

• scribit

Nouns: Cases and Declensions

• We have already discussed how nouns have gender, now we are going to introduce two other ways of talking about nouns.

• Case: the case of a noun tells us how it is functioning in the sentence. We are already familiar with the idea of subject and direct object. Moving forward we will call these the Nominative case and the Accusative case.

• Declension: the declension of a noun tells us what endings to expect on the noun. While there are many different declensions, many words fit into one of three declensions.

Cases and Declensions

This chart helps us see what endings to expect based on a noun's declension.

It is important to note that, like gender, the declension of a noun is fixed. Servus is a second declension noun and so we will never see first or third declension endings used on it.

Puerī magnam arborem in agrīs vident.

• Puerī: 2nd declension, nominative, plural, masculine

• arborem: 3rd declension, accusative, singular, feminine

• agrīs: we have not learned this ending yet so we cannot fully categorize it at this time.