Back to school Latin II review nouns

Let's review some basic noun stuff...

Nouns have 6 cases

​Cases we know...

NOMINATIVE
GENITIVE
DATIVE
ACCUSATIVE
ABLATIVE
VOCATIVE

Multiple Choice

The nominative case is used for...

• The indirect object

• the possessive noun

• the subject of the sentence

• noun in a prepositional phrase

• The direct object of a sentence

Multiple Choice

The genitive case is used for...

• The indirect object

• the possessive noun

• the subject of the sentence

• noun in a prepositional phrase

• The direct object of a sentence

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The dative case is used for...

• The indirect object

• the possessive noun

• the subject of the sentence

• noun in a prepositional phrase

• The direct object of a sentence

Multiple Choice

The accusative case is used for...

• The indirect object

• the possessive noun

• the subject of the sentence

• predicate nominative following a linking verb

• The direct object of a sentence

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The ablative case is used for...

• The indirect object

• the possessive noun

• the subject of the sentence

• noun in a prepositional phrase

• The direct object of a sentence

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The vocative case is used for...

• giving a location

• the predicate nominative

• Direct address of a person - calling someone by name

• use of "of"

• prepositional phrases

If you missed any of those... take a note

Nominative: subject nouns AND predicate nominative nouns
Genitive: possessive nouns "of" or " 's"
Dative: indirect nouns (people) following giving verbs
Accusative: noun following an action verb that idenifies the "what" after the verb AND place to which
Ablative: noun in a prep phrase: place/where, means, place from which, accompaniment
Vocative: used to show a direct adressee in a sentence

Multiple Choice

What case is the underlined word?

The students reviewed their Latin nouns on the first day of school.

• nom

• gen

• dat

• acc

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What case is the underlined word?

The students reviewed their Latin nouns on the first day of school.

• abl

• voc

• dat

• acc

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What case is the underlined word?

The students reviewed their Latin nouns on the first day of school.

• abl

• voc

• gen

• acc

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What case is the underlined word?

The students reviewed their Latin nouns on the first day of school.

• dat

• gen

• acc

• nom

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What case is the underlined word?

Will you travel to Rome by boat, Flavia?

• gen

• dat

• abl

• voc

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What case is the underlined word?

Will you travel to Rome by boat, Flavia?

• acc

• gen

• abl

• nom

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What case is the underlined word?

Will you travel to Rome by boat, Flavia?

• abl

• nom

• dat

• voc

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What case is the underlined word?

Will you travel to Rome by boat, Flavia?

• abl

• dat

• voc

• acc

Multiple Choice

What case is the underlined word?

Brutus jumped into the water and gave food to the fish.

• nom

• acc

• dat

• gen

Multiple Choice

What case is the underlined word?

Brutus jumped into the water and gave food to the fish.

• abl

• acc

• dat

• gen

Multiple Choice

What case for the underlined word?

Brutus jumped into the water and gave food to the fish.

• abl

• acc

• dat

• gen

What else do we know about nouns?

Masculine er / us nouns
Neuter um nouns (neuter rules)
Both genders end in "i" in the genitive

2nd Decl:

Feminine nouns that use the a/ae ending

Masculine men who use the a/ae ending

1st Decl:

Nouns are catagorized by declension

Declension Endings

FIRST DECLENSION
-a -ae
-ae -arum
-ae -is
-am -as
-ā -is

Declension Endings

SECOND DECLENSION MASCULINE
-us / er -i
-i -orum
-o -is
-um -os

-ō -is

Declension Endings

SECOND DECLENSION NEUTER
-um -a
-i -orum
-o -is
-um -a

-ō -is