Ecce Romani Chapter 11 - Notes

Latin I

A. Genitive Case: The genitive case shows possession or ownership.

(Only the genitive is new on this chart.)

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

1. In English ownership can be expressed two ways:

a. by using "of" the tunic of the slave

b. by using a possessive form ('s or s') the slave's tunic

2. In Latin ownership can be expressed only one way--by using the genitive case of the noun.

Ex. tunica servi the slave's tunic

tunicae servorum the slaves' tunics

B. Nouns: From this point on, whenever a noun is given in the vocabulary, the following information will be supplied:

Nominative Sing. Genitive Sing. Gender

(1st declension) puella puellae f.

(2nd declension) servus servi m.

(3rd declension) pater patris m.