Road to Latin IV genitive practice

Terentia's mansion is beautiful

vīlla Terentiae est pulchra

• verb

• Terentiae

• singular nominative

• est

• singular genitive

• pulchra

• "beautiful" singular nominative

• vīlla

Answer explanation

bene factum est!

The statue of the Roman woman is big.

statua fēminae Rōmānae est magna.

• singular genitive "woman"

• statua

• singular genitive "Roman"

• est

• verb

• Rōmānae

• singular nominative

• magna

• singular nominative "big"

• fēminae

Answer explanation

tū es sapiēns!

The little house of the maids/workers makes the lady in charge happy.

Casa ancillārum dominam dēlectat.

• singular nominative

• dominam

• verb

• casa

• plural genitive

• ancillārum

• singular accusative

• dēlectat

Answer explanation

laudandum est!

The little basket is full of roses.

rosārum plēna corbula est.

• verb

• plēna

• singular nominative "full"

• est

• plural genitive

• rosārum

• singular nominative

• corbula

Answer explanation

bene! The order of the words (syntax) did not fool you!

Marcella's dress is new.

tunica ___ est nova.

• Marcella

• Marcellae

• Marcellam

Answer explanation

laudandum est! You chose the genitive case to show that the dress belongs to Marcella.

Marcella is not a farmer's daughter.

Marcella nōn est fīlia ____ .

• agricolae

• agricolās

• agricolārum

Answer explanation

bene! You chose the singular genitive form of "farmer."

agricolārum

(notice where the apostrophe is in the English words)

• farmers'

• farmer's

Answer explanation

bene. 's is singular in English. s' is plural.

The life of a maid is not always happy.

Vīta ancillae nōn semper est laeta.

• verb

• est

• singular genitive

• vīta

• singular nominative noun

• nōn semper

• singular nominative "happy" (adjective)

• laeta

• "not always" (adverbs)

• ancillae

Answer explanation

This sentence gives us some honesty about life in the ancient Roman world....and today.

Marcella and Terentia have baskets full of roses.

Marcella et Terentia corbulās plēnās rosārum habent.

• nominative

• rosārum

• plural accusative

• Marcella et Terentia

• verb

• habent

• plural genitive

• corbulās plēnās

Answer explanation

perfectum. Notice that the adjective "full" which describes the baskets is the same number and case as the noun. Also notice that "habent" is plural: Marcella and Terentia are singular nouns, but together they can form a plural subject.

Terentia and her daughter often decorate the statues of the goddesses.

Terentia et fīlia statuās ____ saepe ōrnat.

• dea

• deās

• deārum

• deam

Answer explanation

laudandum est: you chose the plural genitive form.