Latin II: Noun/Declension/Case Review

The nominative case is used for ________.

The ________ case is used for possessors and is translated with the word "of."

The _______ case is used for the indirect object of a sentence. You translate it with "to" or "for."

The accusative case is used for the ___________ of a sentence.

How do you determine the declension of a noun?

• look at the 1st form in the dictionary entry

• look at the nominative pl.

• look at the definition and gender

• look at the genitive sing.

What are declensions?

• groups of verbs that have the same endings

• groups of nouns that have the same endings

• forms of the ablative

• ways to translate prepositional phrases

Which declension(s) has -is in the genitive sing?

• 1st

• 2nd

• 3rd

• 3rd neuter

Number refers to:

• how many

• noun family/declension

• function in a sentence

• ways to use the noun in Latin

Case refers to:

• function in a sentence
• how many
• a pattern of endings
• when

Accusatives can be all of the following EXCEPT:

• direct objects

• prep. phrases showing motion forward

• prep. phrases showing no motion

• prep. phrases showing nearness