Latin/Lesson 1-Revision
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| Intro: | 1 • 2 |
| Chapter 1 | 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 |
| Chapter 2 | 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 |
| Chapter 3 | 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 |
| Chapter 4 | 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 |
| Chapter 5 | 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 |
- 1st declention: genitive ends in -ae, nominative usually ends in -a
- 2nd declention: genitive ends in -i, nominative usually ends in -us for masculine and -um for neut.
- 3rd declention: genitive ends in -is, nominative varies
- 4th declention: genitive ends in -us, nominative usually ends in -us for m/f and -u for neut.
- 5th declention: genitive ends in -ei, nominative usually ends in -es
Notice that almost all 1st declention nouns are feminine. A mnemonic device for the common masculine ones is PAIN -- poeta (poet), agricola (farmer), incola (inhabitant), and nauta (sailor). Almost all 2nd declention nouns are either masculine or neuter.
Notice that in all cases, the accusitive of neuter nouns is the same as the nominative.
1st -a -ae -ae -arum -ae -is -am -as -a -is
2nd masculine -us -i -i -orum -o -is -um -os -o -is
neuter
-um -a -i -orum -o -is -um -a -o -is
3rd m/f -? -es -is -um -i -ibus -em -es -e -ibus
neut.
-? -a -is -um -i -ibus -? -a -e -ibus
4th m/f -us -us -us -uum -ui -ibus -um -us -u -ibus
neut. -u -ua -us -uum -u -ibus -u -ua -u -ibus
5th -es -es -ei -erum -ei -ebus -em -es -e -ebus
A mnemonic device for the common irregular imperatives is the rhyme: dic, duc, fac, fer: there ought to be an "e", but it isn't there. dicite, ducite, facite, ferte.
1st conjugation: amo, amare, amavi, amatus 2nd conjugation: moneo, monere, monui, monitus 3rd conjugation: ago, agere, egi, actus 3rd -io : capio, capere, cepi, captus 4th conjugation: sentio, sentire, sensi, sensus
Indicative Active Present
