Revisio ad Finem Anni: Latina II

Which three of the following parts of speech can have cases?

• noun

• pronoun

• adjective

• adverb

• verb

The case of a noun, pronoun, or adjective is another word for its _ in a sentence.

Bene, incipiāmus.
Match the cases to their functions.

• subject / PN / PA

• dative

• instrument / obj. prep.

• accusative

• indirect object

• nominative

• direct object / obj. prep.

• genitive

• possessor

• ablative

Which of these cases, unerringly, tells you what declension a noun is?

• nominative

• genitive

• dative

• accusative

• ablative

Let's start with forms. Match the first declension endings to their cases.

• nominative

• a, ae

• genitive

• ā, īs

• accusative

• ae, īs

• dative

• am, ās

• ablative

• ae, ārum

Now match the second declension endings to their cases.

• nominative

• ī, ōrum

• accusative

• um, ōs

• genitive

• ō, īs (2)

• dative

• ō, īs (1)

• ablative

• us, ī

Same thing, but now third declension.

• dative

• is, um

• genitive

• ī, ibus

• ablative

• Ø, ēs

• accusative

• em, ēs

• nominative

• e, ibus

Fourth declension.

• accusative

• um, ūs

• genitive

• ū, ibus

• nominative

• uī, ibus

• dative

• ūs, uum

• ablative

• us, ūs

And, finally, fifth declension.

(Eheu! We haven't gotten to this one yet, have we? Do you think your chartae would let you make some educated guesses?)

• genitive

• em, ēs

• dative

• ēs, ēs

• ablative

• eī, ēbus

• nominative

• eī, ērum

• accusative

• ē, ēbus

What can change a declension's endings ever so slightly?

• the position of the noun

• the tense of the verb

• the neuter gender

• the conjugation of the verb

• the disfavor of the gods