Latin

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BELL WORK

Answer the following questions:

• What are the 6 cases?• What are the jobs of the 6

cases?

TODAYStudents will know and understand:I. How to decline a Latin

noun.II. How to translate Latin

nouns.III. Noun/adjective agreement.

1st declension noun endings

Declining and translating

Endings must be attached to stems in order to decline a noun. To find the stem of any noun, go to the genitive case and remove the ending. This is your stem. Like puella, puellae–the girl. The stem is puell.

Declining example

Comparing Latin and English case usage

English1. The girl sees the poet.2. The poet praises the

girl’s beauty.3. The poet gives the

rose to the girl.4. The poet loves the girl.5. The poet makes

mistakes without the girl.

6. O Girl, I love you!

Latin1. Puella poetam videt.2. Poeta formam

puellae laudat.3. Poeta rosam puellae

dat.4. Poeta puellam amat.5. Poeta sine puellā

errat.6. O puella, Amo te!

Noun/Adjective Agreement

The purpose of adjectives is to modify nouns. In Latin, adjectives need to modify nouns in gender, number, and case. That does not mean that the endings will be the same. For example, since agricola is masculine, the great farmer has to be agricola magnus. It will become important to remember that the endings may not match.

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