Latin/Lesson 1-Revision

1st declension: genitive ends in -ae, nominative usually ends in -a 2nd declension: genitive ends in -i, nominative usually ends in -us for masculine and -um for neut. 3rd declension: genitive ends in -is, nominative varies 4th declension: genitive ends in -us, nominative usually ends in -us for m/f and -u for neut. 5th declension: genitive ends in -ei, nominative usually ends in -es Notice that almost all 1st declension nouns are feminine. A mnemonic device for the common masculine ones is PAIN -- poeta (poet), agricola (farmer), incola (inhabitant), and nauta (sailor). Almost all 2nd declension nouns are either masculine or neuter. Notice that in all cases, the accusative of neuter nouns is the same as the nominative. 1st Declension sing pl Nom -a -ae Gen -ae -arum Dat -ae -is Acc -am -as Abl -a -is 2nd masculine -us -i -i -orum -o -is -um -os -o -is neuter -um -a -i -orum -o -is -um -a -o -is 3rd m/f -? -es -is -um -i -ibus -em -es -e -ibus neut. -? -a -is -um -i -ibus -? -a -e -ibus 4th m/f -us -us -us -uum -ui -ibus -um -us -u -ibus neut. -u -ua -us -uum -u -ibus -u -ua -u -ibus 5th -es -es -ei -erum -ei -ebus -em -es -e -ebus A mnemonic device for the common irregular imperatives is the rhyme: dic, duc, fac, fer: there ought to be an "e", but it isn't there. dicite, ducite, facite, ferte. 1st conjugation: amo, amare, amavi, amatus 2nd conjugation: moneo, monere, monui, monitus 3rd conjugation: ago, agere, egi, actus 3rd -io : capio, capere, cepi, captus 4th conjugation: sentio, sentire, sensi, sensus Indicative Active Present