Presentation Exercise: Chapter 2 What does declension mean? 1. - PDF document

Presentation Exercise: Chapter 2 What does “declension” mean? 1. ______________________________ 2. ____________________________________ What are the three basic characteristics of every Latin noun? 1. ____________________ 2. ______________________ 3. _______________________ What are the three genders in Latin? 1. ____________________ 2. ______________________ 3. _______________________ Identify the grammatical constructions in the following sentence: “ The grandmother of my girlfriend gave her daughter a coin from her purse, your majesty.” 1. “G randmother ” is the _________________. 5. “A coin” is the ___________________. 2. “Of my girlfriend” shows _____________. 6. “Purse” is ________________________. 3. “Gave” is the _______________________. 7. “Your majesty” shows ______________. 4. “(To) her daughter” is the ______________________________. What is the primary function of the following cases: Nominative: ___________________________ Accusative: _________________________ Genitive: ______________________________ Ablative: ___________________________ Dative: ________________________________ Vocative: ___________________________ How does English represent each of case functions above? Nominative: ___________________________ Accusative: _________________________ 1

Genitive: ______________________________ Ablative: ___________________________ Dative: ________________________________ Vocative: ___________________________ In the left column, fill in the correct Latin case endings for the following cases/numbers. In the next column supply the proper form of fama for each case/number. In the next column provide the proper translation of fama , and in the last column append the proper from of mea which agrees with each form of fama . SINGULAR Ending fam - Translation Form of mea Nom _______ ______________ ________________________ _______________ Gen _______ ______________ ________________________ _______________ Dat _______ ______________ ________________________ _______________ Acc _______ ______________ ________________________ _______________ Abl _______ ______________ ________________________ _______________ Voc _______ ______________ ________________________ _______________ PLURAL Ending Fam - Translation Form of mea Nom _______ ______________ ________________________ _______________ Gen _______ ______________ ________________________ _______________ Dat _______ ______________ ________________________ _______________ Acc _______ ______________ ________________________ _______________ Abl _______ ______________ ________________________ _______________ Voc _______ ______________ ________________________ _______________ 2

Under each form write the proper case ending (sing/pl) for each grammatical construction: The grandmother of my girlfriend gave her daughter a coin from her purse, your majesty. Sing ____ ____ ____ ___ ___ ___ Pl ____ ____ ____ ___ ___ ___ VOCABULARY Complete the information about the vocabulary items discussed in the presentation. For OTHER INFORMATION, include elements such as the word ’ s base. WORD MEANING/S OTHER INFORMATION FAMA: ____________________ ___________________________________ FORTUNA: ____________________ ___________________________________ PATRIA: ____________________ ___________________________________ PECUNIA: ____________________ ___________________________________ PUELLA: ____________________ ___________________________________ VITA: ____________________ ___________________________________ FORMA: ____________________ ___________________________________ IRA: ____________________ ___________________________________ PHILOSOPHIA: ____________________ ___________________________________ POENA: ____________________ ___________________________________ ANTIQUA: ____________________ ___________________________________ MAGNA: ____________________ ___________________________________ MEA: ____________________ ___________________________________ 3

WORD MEANING/S OTHER INFORMATION MULTA: ____________________ ___________________________________ TUA: ____________________ ___________________________________ ET: ____________________ ___________________________________ O: ____________________ ___________________________________ SINE: ____________________ ___________________________________ EST: ____________________ ___________________________________ Decline and translate vita antiqua . Base of vita _________________ Base of antiqua ______________________ SINGULAR Form of vita antiqua Translation Nom __________________________ _______________________________________ Gen __________________________ _______________________________________ Dat __________________________ _______________________________________ Acc __________________________ _______________________________________ Abl __________________________ _______________________________________ Voc __________________________ _______________________________________ 4

PLURAL Form of vita antiqua Translation Nom __________________________ _______________________________________ Gen __________________________ _______________________________________ Dat __________________________ _______________________________________ Acc __________________________ _______________________________________ Abl __________________________ _______________________________________ Voc __________________________ _______________________________________ Conjugate voco in the present tense, including imperative and infinitive forms. What conjugation is voco ? ________________ What thematic vowel will it use? _________ SINGULAR Person Latin Form Translations (3) 1st _______________ _______________________________________________ 2nd _______________ _______________________________________________ 3rd _______________ _______________________________________________ PLURAL Latin Form Translations (3) 1st _______________ _______________________________________________ 2nd _______________ _______________________________________________ 3rd _______________ _______________________________________________ 5

Latin Form Translation INFINITIVE: ________________ _________________________ IMPERATIVE SINGULAR: ________________ _________________________ IMPERATIVE PLURAL: ________________ _________________________ Conjugate video in the present tense, including imperative and infinitive forms. What conjugation is video ? ________________ What thematic vowel will it use? _________ SINGULAR Person Latin Form Translations (3) 1st _______________ _______________________________________________ 2nd _______________ _______________________________________________ 3rd _______________ _______________________________________________ PLURAL Latin Form Translations (3) 1st _______________ _______________________________________________ 2nd _______________ _______________________________________________ 3rd _______________ _______________________________________________ 6

Latin Form Translation INFINITIVE: ________________ _________________________ IMPERATIVE SINGULAR: ________________ _________________________ IMPERATIVE PLURAL: ________________ _________________________ 7