Genitive Case (+ Word Study) Lesson 5 Oct. 27-31, 2014

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.

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

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

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

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!!!

Gen’s House, cont’d! equus puellae (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

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

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”) i orum