Stage 1: Expanding Declensions Recap Lesson

Expanding Declensions Recap Lesson

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Let's check in!

After the expanding declensions lesson, I feel . . .

• 1

  SO CONFUSED...what

• 2

  Definitely confused but OK

• 3

  Confused but confident

• 4

  Pretty solid but with some Qs

• 5

  So solid, I got this

​RECAP...

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​A declension is a group of nouns that use the same endings and follow the same rules

Multiple Choice

TRUE OR FALSE: Gender & declension are the same and you can always use one to predict the other.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

The words:

nauta -ae m: sailor

poeta -ae m: poet

agricola -ae m: farmer

All belong to . . .

• 1st declension

• 2nd declension

Open Ended

How do you know that

nauta -ae m: sailor

poeta -ae m: poet

agricola -ae m: farmer

are all 1st declension nouns?

Multiple Choice

The words:

nauta -ae m: sailor

poeta -ae m: poet

agricola -ae m: farmer

are all . . .

• feminine nouns

• masculine nouns

​C R I T I C A L U P D A T E

​declension ≠ gender

​There are clear patterns but you can not use one to predict the other.

Multiple Choice

Select the endings that 

nauta -ae m: sailor

poeta -ae m: poet

agricola -ae m: farmer

are allowed to use

• a & ae

• us & ī

• a & ī

• us & ae

Multiple Choice

True or False: These words will continue to honor the rules of noun-adjective agreement and agree with adjectives in number & gender

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

What endings do masculine adjectives use?

• 1st decnelsnion endings

• 2nd declension endings

Multiple Choice

True or false: poeta, nauta, and agricola will have identical endings as their adjectives

• TRUE

• FALSE

​Because they will be described by adjectives with second declension endings and they will always use 1st declension endings....

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but they agree in GENDER

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Multiple Choice

Do these words agree?

agricola bona

• AGREE!

• DO NOT AGREE!

Multiple Choice

Do these words agree?

agricolae bonī

• AGREE!

• DO NOT AGREE!

Multiple Choice

Do these words agree?

via bona

• AGREE!

• DO NOT AGREE!