Ecce Romani Chapter 16 - Notes

Latin I

A. Interrogative Words: Review this list of interrogatives.

1. Cur? Why?

2. Quid? What?

3. Ubi? Where? When?

4. Qualis? What sort of?

5. Quo? Where (to)?

6. Quis? Who? (sing.)

7. Quem? Whom? (sing.)

8. Qui? Who? (pl.)

9. Quos? Whom? (pl.)

10. Quot? How many?

11. -ne ?

B. Adjectives: 1st/2nd declension (Review)

1st and 2nd declension adjectives have the same endings as 1st and 2nd declension nouns:

	Masc. Fem. Neut.
Singular Nominative Genitive Accusative Ablative Plural Nominative Genitive Accusative Ablative	magnus magna magnum magni magnae magni magnum magnam magnum magno magnā magno magni magnae magna magnorum magnarum magnorum magnos magnas magna magnis magnis magnis

Adjective must agree with the nouns they modify in three ways:

1. Gender (masculine, feminine, neuter)

2. Number (singular, plural)

3. Case (nominative, genitive, accusative, ablative, vocative)

Notice: This rule does not say that the adjective will always look just like the noun; sometimes they will have different endings.

Examples:

nom. pl. acc. sing. abl. sing. acc. pl.

pueri boni puellam Romanam servo defesso plaustra longa

good boys Roman girl tired slave long wagons

patres boni matrem Romanam principe defesso itinera longa

good fathers Roman mother tired emperor long journeys