Cambridge Latin Stage 4 Grammar

The action of a verb can be expressed from 3 different perspectives (1st, 2nd or 3rd person), 1st person expresses:

• I (or we) do something

• You do something

• He/she/it (or they) do something

• Everyone does everything

The action of a verb can be expressed from 3 different perspectives (1st, 2nd or 3rd person), 3rd person expresses:

• I (or we) do something

• You do something

• He/she/it (or they) do something

• Everyone does everything

The 1st, 2nd, and 3rd person singular endings for verbs are:

• -o, -s, -t

• -mus, -tis, -nt

• -bam, -bas, -bat

• -i, -isti, -it

The verb esse ("to be") is translated is conjugated irregularly in the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd person singular as:

• beo, bes, bet

• esso, esses, esset

• sum, es, est

• eram, eras, erat

The Latin personal pronouns ego and tu mean:

• I and we

• I and me

• You and Y'all

• I and you

Pronouns that replace a nouns with "I, you, he, she, it, we they, me, him, her, us, or them" are called:

• Interrogative Pronouns

• Personal Pronouns

• Demonstrative Pronouns

• Relative Pronouns

What do words such as cur (why), quid (what), and quis (who) do?

• Subordinate a clause

• Indicate that the sentence is a statement

• Indicate that the sentence is a question

• Coordinate a clause

How are the personal pronouns mē and tē different from ego and tu?

• They are nominative (eg I and you)

• They are accusative (eg me and you)

• They are dative (eg to/for me and you)

• They are genitive (eg mine and yours)

Translate into English: ecce! ego signum in cērā imprimō

• Oh no! The sign in the wax impresses me.

• Behold! I imprint the wax seal

• Hey! Mark my symbol into the wax

• Look! I am pressing the seal in the wax.

Translate into Latin: "The merchant takes the money and runs out of the forum"

• mercatorem argentarius capit et venit ad forum

• mercatore pecunia petit et currit ab foro

• mercator pecuniam capit et ē foro currit

• mercarotis argentarium petit et ad forum venit