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Noun/Adjective Agreement Rules!!. Nouns and the adjectives that describe them must agree in 3 ways in Latin: GENDER (masculine, feminine, neuter) NUMBER (singular and plural) CASE (nom., gen., dat., acc., abl., voc.) NOTA BENE : This does NOT mean they will have the SAME endings.
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Noun/Adjective Agreement Rules!! Nouns and the adjectives that describe them must agree in 3 ways in Latin: GENDER (masculine, feminine, neuter) NUMBER (singular and plural) CASE (nom., gen., dat., acc., abl., voc.) NOTA BENE: This does NOT mean they will have the SAME endings. e.g. servīfortēsspectabantpugnam. servī = nom., plural, masculine fortēs = nom., plural, masculine THEY AGREE!!!
PRACTICE!!! Choose the correct adjective to agree with the underlined noun in each sentence & translate. • canēs(f.) (magnae, magnam, magnās) latraverunt. • ancillaeparabantcenam (optimae, optimā, optimam) Caeciliō. • Caeciliusvenditservōsvenaliciō (stultō, stultum, stultī).