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What happens when a noun is NEUTER?

What happens when a noun is NEUTER?. Even if a noun is neuter, its genitive singular assigns it to a particular declension. A neuter noun will still follow the rules of its declension, BUT. . . . in two cases, the NEUTER RULE will override the declension rule!. These two cases are

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What happens when a noun is NEUTER?

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  1. What happens when a noun is NEUTER?

  2. Even if a noun is neuter, its genitive singular assigns it to a particular declension.

  3. A neuter noun will still follow the rules of its declension, BUT. . .

  4. . . . in two cases, the NEUTER RULE will override the declension rule!

  5. These two cases are the nominative and the accusative!

  6. When a noun is neuter, the accusative form will look just like the nominative form!

  7. That is half of the neuter rule!

  8. The other half is, in the nom. and acc. cases, neuters get plural with an “a”!

  9. Dorsum is neuter. Its acc. form would also be dorsum!

  10. To make it plural, take the gen. ending off of the base: dorsi - i= dors

  11. Now add “a”- “dorsa”! This would be the nom. And acc. plural.

  12. All other cases would be just like the normal second declension endings.

  13. Nomen is neuter. Its accusative form would therefore also be “nomen”.

  14. The genitive of nomen is “nominis”. We take the “is” away to get the base: nomin

  15. Now we make it plural by adding “a”- nomina

  16. That would be the nom. plur. and the acc. plur.

  17. Other cases would follow the normal 3rd. decl. pattern.

  18. So, to make a long story short (ok-if I’ve used 18 slides, it’s too late for that!). . .

  19. The neuter rule is that the nom. and the acc. are always the same and neuters get plural with an “a”!

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