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Pre- Chapter 1. What you are getting into. Why do you take Latin?. To impress others ACT, SAT To learn about the past Help with all other classes. Inflection, declension, conjugation. Inflection is the endings of nouns, pronouns, adjectives, and verbs
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Pre- Chapter 1 What you are getting into
Why do you take Latin? • To impress others • ACT, SAT • To learn about the past • Help with all other classes
Inflection, declension, conjugation • Inflection is the endings of nouns, pronouns, adjectives, and verbs • Declension: endings of nouns, pronouns, adjectives • Conjugation: endings of verbs
What to know about nouns • Declensions are the endings: 5 • Gender • Number • case
Gender • Gender is the sex of the word • Masculine, feminine, and neuter • But in Latin: many neuter nouns are actually feminine and masculine
Number • Number is either singular or plural
Case • The role of the word in the sentence • Nominative: subject: The boy runs • Vocative: direct address: Marcus, get up • Genitive: Possession: the girl’s dog is pretty • Dative: Indirect object: he gave a dog to the girl • Accusative: direct object: he gave a dog to the girl • Ablative: the end all:
Thus when you see a Latin noun • Parse a noun is: gender, number, case or GNC • Puella: F, S, N
Verbs contain: person, number, tense • Person: 1st: I, we, 2nd: you, 3rd: he, she, it, they • Number: singular plural • Tense: Present, Past (perfect, imperfect, pluperfect, Future (future, future perfect) • Thus to parse is PNT • Amabat: 3 s Imp
How do I say this stuff • Abcdefghi(j)lmnopqrstuvxyz • Vowels • Long Short a father a idea e obey e bet I machine I sit o note o omit u rule u put
Dipthongs: vowels together • Ae as in aye • Au as in now • Eu as in ay-ooo one syllable • Oe as in joy • Ui as in ueee
consonants • Bs ps • Bt pt • C always hard • Ch as in character • G is always hard • Gu as in anguish • I as consonant in youth • Ph as in philosophy • S never z • V is w • Z is dz
Syllables • Each Latin word has as many syllables as vowels and dipthongs • Ae-di-fi-ci-um • Du-o-de-vi-gin-ti • Su-us
Say these words correctly • Animal • Arena • Censor • Census • Clamor • Consul • Dictator • Furor • Genus • honor • Horror • Inventor • Labor • Minor • Omen • Peninsula • Status • Terror • Toga • Tutor • victor