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Genitive Case (+ Word Study) Lesson 5

Genitive Case (+ Word Study) Lesson 5. Oct. 8-10 , 2013. Identifying 1 st and 2 nd Declension Nouns. All nouns belong to one of the five declensions. That declension is their “family.”

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Genitive Case (+ Word Study) Lesson 5

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  1. Genitive Case(+ Word Study)Lesson 5 Oct. 8-10, 2013

  2. Identifying 1st and 2nd Declension Nouns • All nouns belong to one of the five declensions. • That declension is their “family.” • The noun will always use the endings of their declension---and only their declension. • Nouns will not change declension.

  3. How to tell??? • 1st declension nouns have –AE in their genitive singular. • 2nd declension nouns have –I in their genitive singular. • Genitive singular: the second part of the dictionary entry. • aqua, aquae (f.)---water • carrus, carri (m.)---cart

  4. Practice! • insula, insulae • carrus, carri • ancilla, ancillae • amicus, amici • templum, templi • luna, lunae • agricola, agricolae • vir, viri • FIRST • SECOND • FIRST • SECOND • SECOND • FIRST • FIRST • SECOND

  5. This is the house Of jen. This is jen. Aka, jen’s house.

  6. Going to Gen’s House: Genitive Case! • The genitive case ending is used to show possession. • Genitives can be translated with ‘s, s’, or the word OF. • IF YOU TRANSLATE GENITIVES WITH “OF” YOU WILL ALWAYS GET THE RIGHT ANSWER. • REPEAT: IF YOU TRANSLATE GENITIVES WITH “OF” YOU WILL ALWAYS GET THE RIGHT ANSWER!!!

  7. Gen’s House, cont’d! • equuspuellae (the horse of the girl; OR, the girl’s horse) • aqua agricolarum(the water of the farmers, OR, the farmers’ water) Case Singular Plural Nominative (subject) a ae Genitive (“of”) ae arum Dative ae is Accusative (direct obj.) am as Ablative a is

  8. Gen’s House, cont’d! • aqua equi(the water of the horse, OR, the horse’s water) • cibusequorum (the food of the horses, OR, the horses’ food) Case Sg. Pl. Nom. (subject) us i Gen. (“of”) iorum Dat. o is Acc. (direct obj.) um os Abl. o is

  9. Let’s practice! • the mother of the girls (the girls’ mother) • the girl’s book (the book of the girl) • the wheels of the carts (the carts’ wheels) • the driver of the cart (the cart’s driver) • puellarum • puellae • carrorum • carri Case Sg. Pl. Gen. (“of”) ae arum Gen. (“of”) iorum

  10. Word Study:Latin phrases and abbreviations used in English • i.e. (id est) • e.g. (exempli gratia) • etc. (et cetera) • cf. (confer) • magna cum laude • in loco parentis • carpe diem • Magna Carta • that is… • for example • and the rest, and so forth • compare • with great praise, honor • in place of a parent • seize the day (i.e., enjoy the moment) • The Great Paper, the document signed in 1215 that is one of the cornerstones of English civil liberties

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