THE WORD TO BE CAN NEVER HAVE A DIRECT OBJECT. iNSTEAD, IT HAS A PREDICATE NOMINATIVE, PREDICATE ADJECTIVE, OR A PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE.
gENITIVE FOLLOWS WHAT IT POSSESSES USUALLY.
vERBS OF GIVING, SHOWING, OR TELLING (THEIR SYNONYMS OR ANTONYMS) WILL HAVE A DATIVE CASE AFTER THEM.
aDJECTIVES AGREE wITH THEIR NOUNS IN GENDER, CASE, AND NUMBER.
nEUTER nOMINATIVE AND ACCUSATIVE SINGULAR ARE ALWAYS THE SAME; NEUTER PLURAL nOMINATIVE AND aCCUSATIVE END IN A.
vERBS AGREE WITH THEIR SUBJECT IN NUMBER AND PERSON.
Pronouns agree with their antecedent in gender and number; their case is determined by their use in their own clause.
tRANSLATE WITH: vOCABULARY, VERB, nOMINATIVE, aCCUSATIVE, EVERYTHING ELSE.
aDJECTIVES COME IN TWO FLAVORS: fIRST AND sECOND DECLENSION ADJECTIVES AND THIRD DECLENSION ADJECTIVES.
tO FIND THE STEM OF A NOUN, CHOP OFF THE GENITIVE SINGULAR ENDING.
tO FIND THE DECLENSION OF A NOUN, LOOK AT THE GENITIVE SINGULAR ENDING.
tO FIND THE STEM OF AN ADJECTIVE, LOOK AT THE FEMININE.
tO FIND THE pRESENT STEM OF A VERB, CHOP OFF THE INFINITIVE ENDING.
tO FIND THE PERFECT STEM OF A VERB, USE THE THIRD PRINCIPAL PART MINUS THE I.
tHE rECEIVER OF THE ACTION IS THE SUBJECT IN PASSIVE VOICE.
R, RIS, TUR, MUR, MINI, NTUR, IF YOU DON'T KNOW IT i'LL BOP YOU ON THE HEAD (SUNG TO THE TUNE OF LITTLE BUNNY FOO FOO).
O,S, T, MUS, TIS, NT, PERSONAL ENDINGS, i, YOU, HE, pERSONAL eNDINGS, WE, YOU, THEY. tOGETHER LET US USE OUR PERSONAL ENDINGS.
Thirds are always hard in Latin!
THINGS I SAY OVER AND OVER...
Updated: Jul 27, 2022