De Genere Neutro

Which declensions have a neuter gender to begin with?

• first

• second

• third

• fourth

• fifth

Which two, of the three cases we know, have to always look the same in the neuter?

• nominative

• genitive

• dative

• accusative

• ablative

Answer explanation

This is the first special rule of the neuter! Nominative and accusative must always end the same way, no matter what.

The ablative is allowed to do its own thing, and we have not yet seen the genitive or dative.

Per the second special rule of the neuter, what vowel ends the nominative and accusative plural of the neuter?

• a

• e

• i

• o

• u

What is the neuter noun in the following sentence:
templum est magnum.

• templum

• est

• magnum

Answer explanation

The answer has to be templum:

• est is a verb.

• magnum is an adjective.

What is the neuter noun in the following sentence:
larēs vōta amant.

• larēs

• vōta

• amant

Answer explanation

The answer has to be vōta:
larēs can't be neuter, as the ending is incorrect.

• amant is a verb.

What is the neuter noun in the following sentence:
est perīculum in popīnā.

• est

• perīculum

• in

• popīnā

Answer explanation

The answer has to be perīculum:
est is a verb;

in is a preposition;

popīnā ends in ā, which means it has to be first-declension ablative singular, and the first declension has no neuters.

What is the neuter noun in the following sentence:
forum Romanum est clamosum et magnum.

• forum

• Romanum

• est

• clamosum

• magnum

Answer explanation

The answer has to be forum:
Romanum, clamosum and magnum are all adjectives;

est is (once again) a verb.

What case and number is templum in the following sentence?
templum magnum est in forō.

• nominative singular

• nominative plural

• accusative singular

• accusative plural

Answer explanation

Templum has to be nominative because the verb is est, which means there is no action and therefore no direct object to trigger an accusative.

Since it's the subject of the sentence and the verb is est, that also means it has to be singular.

What case and number is templum in the following sentence?
ego templum magnum in forō videō.

• nominative singular

• nominative plural

• accusative singular

• accusative plural

Answer explanation

Templum has to be accusative: the subject is ego, and that is by definition nominative, so there's only one case templum can be.

This time, we just have to know it's singular.

What case and number is verba in the following sentence?
sacerdōs multa verba dīcit.

• nominative singular

• nominative plural

• accusative singular

• accusative plural

Answer explanation

Verba has to be accusative: the subject is sacerdos, which is by definition nominative, so there's only one case verba can be.

We also know it's plural because of the adjective multa, which means "many" or "much" and therefore suggests plurality.

(And, as an extra clue, the verb being dicit tells us the subject is singular, whereas verba has to be plural.)