Ecce Romani Chapter 9 - Notes

Latin I

A. Nouns:

	1st Declension	2nd Declension	3rd Declension
Singular Nominative Accusative Ablative	puella puellam puellā	servus puer servum puerum servo puero	pater vox patrem vocem patre voce
Plural Nominative Accusative Ablative	puellae puellas puellis	servi pueri servos pueros servis pueris	patres voces patres voces patribus vocibus

1. The ablative case is used with certain prepositions. The object of the preposition will be in the ablative case.

2. You must mark the long -ā in the ablative singular forms of all 1st declension nouns

(ex. puellā) to distinguish them from the nominative singular (puella).

B. Prepositions:

Some prepositions require their objects to be in the accusative case and some require the ablative case. **You must memorize which prepositions require which case!**

1. Prepositions with their objects in the accusative case:

a. ad to, toward, at ad urbem to the city

b. per through per agros through the fields

c. prope near prope villam near the country house

d. in into in piscinam into the fishpond

2. Prepositions with their objects in the ablative case:

a. sub under sub arbore under the tree

b. e (ex) out of, from e villā from the country house

c. in in, on in ramis in the branches

You must memorize all these prepositions, their meanings, and the case they require for their objects. (There will be more prepositions later.)