Plural NOUNS
Latin Words in English cactus formulae narcissi axis radii larva SINGULAR PLURAL cactus formulae narcissi axis radii larva fungus appendices vertebra matrix What are the missing plural or singular forms for these English words?
Latin Words in English cactus cacti formula formulae narcissus SINGULAR PLURAL cactus cacti formula formulae narcissus narcissi axis axes radius radii larva larvae fungus fungi appendix appendices vertebra vertebrae matrix matrices Latin Words in English Can you think of any other English words that would fit these patterns?
How do you make these words plural? antenna larva vertebra femina via antennae larvae vertebrae feminae viae
-ae 1st Declension Nouns -a -am 1st Declension Nouns Singular Plural Nominative (Subject) -a -ae Accusative (Dir Obj) -am
How do you make these words plural? fungus stimulus apparatus amicus servus fungi stimuli apparati amici servi
-i 2nd Declension Nouns -us -um 1st Declension Nouns Singular Plural Nominative (Subject) -us -i Accusative (Dir Obj) -um
How do you make these words plural? bacterium datum minimum forum atrium bacteria data minima fora atria
2nd Declension Nouns (Neuter nouns!) 1st Declension Nouns Singular Plural Nominative (Subject) -um -a Accusative (Dir Obj)
How do you make these words plural? axes vertices bases matres mercatores axis vertex basis mater, matris mercator, mercatoris
-es 3rd Declension Nouns ~ -em 1st Declension Nouns Singular Plural Nominative (Subject) ~ -es Accusative (Dir Obj) -em
Make the following Nominative Plural… 1. navis, navis 6. ianua, ianuae 2. servus, servi 7. mendax, mendacis 3. iudex, iudicis 8. pecunia, pecuniae 4. cera, caera 9. Quintus, Quinti 5. anulus, anuli 10. leo, leonis
Plural VERBS
Present Endings - SONG Singular Plural 1st -o (I) -mus (We) 2nd -s (You) -tis (Y’all) 3rd -t (S/he, it) -nt (They) amo, amas, amat, amamus, amatis, amant moneo, mones, monet, monemus, monetis, monent rego, regis, regit, regimus, regitis, regunt audio, audis, audit, audimus, auditis, audiunt
In English, what happens to the verb? The dog sees dinner. The dogs ______ dinner.
In Latin, the verb has to change too! The dog sees dinner. The dogs see dinner. canis cenam videt. canes cenam vident.
1st and 2nd Conjugations Go to the second Principal part Drop the ‘RE’ Add ‘NT’ Example: LAUDARE LAUDA… LAUDANT (They praise)
3rd and 4th Conjugations Go to the 2nd principal part. Drop the ‘ERE’ if 3rd and the ‘RE’ if 4th Conj. ADD ‘UNT’ Example: AGERE AUDIRE AG… AUDI… AGUNT (They do) AUDIUNT
Change Singulars to Plurals ambulo, ambulare audio, audire trado, tradere voco, vocare ago, agere maneo, manēre dico, dicere vinco, vincere ambulant audiunt tradunt vocant agunt manent dicunt vincunt
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