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1
Q

What is the “indirect object” case?

A

dative

2
Q

What is the “possessive” case?

A

genitive

3
Q

What is the “in/by/with/from” case?

A

ablative

4
Q

What is the “to/for” case?

A

dative

5
Q

What is the “of” case?

A

genitive

6
Q

The genitive singular of a 1st Declension noun always ends in ____

A

-ae

7
Q

1st Declension nouns are usually what gender?

A

feminine

8
Q

Three important exceptions to the 1st Declension feminine rule are

A

poeta, nauta agricola

9
Q

Latin does not have the English articles ___ ___ ___

A

a, an, the

10
Q

Give three translations for the Latin noun “mensa”

A

table, a table, the table

11
Q

The genitive singular of a 2nd Declension noun always ends in ____

A

-i

12
Q

2nd Declensions “-us” nouns are usually ___________ in gender.

A

masculine

13
Q

Name the two subgroups of the 2nd Declension, and give their gender.

A

1) “-us” nouns with masculine gender2) “-um” nouns with neuter gender

14
Q

Verbs have ___________ , ____________ endings and nouns have _____________ endings

A

… tense, personal… case

15
Q

2nd Declension “-um” nouns are always ____________ in gender.

A

neuter

16
Q

The declension a noun belongs to is determined by the ________________________

A

genitive singular

17
Q

The natural gender rule ____________ all other ender rules.

A

trumps

18
Q

What is the neuter rule?

A

nominative and accusative endings are the samenominative and accusative plural ending is “-a”

19
Q

The subject and verb must agree in ____________ and ____________

A

… person… number

20
Q

What is an adjective?

A

An adjective modifies or describes a noun or pronoun

21
Q

In Latin an adjective must agree with its noun in _________, __________, __________ but not _______________

A

gender, number, case, ……declension

22
Q

Usually an adjective of _____________ precedes a noun, and an adjective of _____________ follows the noun.

A

… quantity… quality

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