Ecce Romani                                                                                                                  Chapter 6 - Notes

Latin I

 

A.  Nouns     (Review and be sure you know these endings.)                                      

 

-a

-us

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Singular

     Nominative

     Accusative

 

puella

puellam

 

servus         puer

servum       puerum

 

pater          vox

patrem       vocem

Plural

     Nominative

 

puellae

 

servi            pueri

 

patres         voces

 

 

B.  Adjectives

            1.  So far, you may only use the endings in the -us and -a groups of the chart above.

                                                                                    feminine                        masculine

                        singular subject                             -a                                 -us

                        singular direct object                                 -am                              -um

 

                        plural subject                                            -ae                               -i

 

2.  A Latin adjective modifies a noun and therefore must have an appropriate ending.  An                  adjective must agree with the noun it modifies in three ways:                              

                                    number             (singular or plural)

                                    gender              (masculine or feminine)

                        case                 (nominative or accusative)

            Ex.       Sextus puellam laetam videt.                        Sextus sees the happy girl.

            Note:  This rule does not say the noun and adjective must look exactly alike.

                        Ex.       Puer laetus in agris est.                                 The happy boy is in the fields.

                                    Hodie mater est occupata.                             Today the mother is busy.

                                    Ego tuum patrem sollicitum video.                I see your worried father.

 

C.  Pronouns

            1.  ego             I                                               5.  eius                        his, her(s)

            2.  me              me                                            6.  eum            him

            3.  tu                you (nom. sing.)                        7.  eos             them

            4.  te                you (acc. sing.)