Latin's Case System And five declensions

SIX MAIN CASES Genitive Dative Accusative Vocative Ablative Nominative LATIN Nominative Genitive Dative Accusative Vocative Ablative ENGLISH Subject Possessive Indirect Object Direct Object Person spoken to Object of the preposition

1. Nominative Case Subject of the sentence (a, an, the) puella legit the girl is reading puellae legunt the girls are reading Nominative is only case that has any sort of control of the verb. Both sides of a linking verb canus est fessus the dog is tired

2. Genitive Case Possessions “of” gladius militis the soldier’s sword Part of a whole pars urbis part of the city Description puella maximae pulchritudinis a girl of greatest beauty Objective timor canum the fear of dogs

3. Dative Case Indirect Objects “to” ego donum tibi do I am giving a gift to you Reference ego villam tibi aedifico I am building a house for you Possessions mihi est equus There is a house for me

4. Accusative Case Direct Objects puella puerum amat the girl loves the boy Objects with some prepositions per villam through the house Duration of time tres horas for three hours

5. Vocative Case Same as nominative Person or thing spoken to et tu, Brute? And you, Brutus?

6. Ablative Case Perhaps the most complex case Used with a prepositions By – shows something that did an action With - company From – separation In, on – from or where something to place

Five Declensions

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