Ecce Romani Chapter 4 - Notes

Latin I

A. Nouns (plurals)

1. Subjects (nom.) -a -us ?

singular puella servus vox

plural puellae servi -----

2. Direct Objects (acc.) ___________________________________________________

singular puellam servum vocem

3. Cases

a. The nominative case is used for subjects, predicate nouns, and predicate adjectives.

b. The accusative case is used for direct objects and some objects of prepositions.

B. Vocative Case - noun of address

1. A noun ending in -a will have an -a ending.

ex. Puella, quid agis? Girl, what are you doing?

2. A noun ending in -us will drop the -us and have an -e ending.

ex. Marce, cur arborem ascendis? Marcus, why are you climbing the tree?

C. Imperative - verb command form

ex. Marce, descende! Marcus, come down!

Cavē, Sexte! Be careful, Sextus!

D. Verbs: Transitive and Intransitive

1. A transitive verb (in English and Latin) has a direct object.

ex. Marcus puellam videt. Marcus sees the girl.

2. An intransitive verb (in English and Latin) does not have a direct object.

ex. Sextus in villā habitat. Sextus lives in a country house.