1. Inflection: Plurals
Verbs and Nouns

2. DON’T FORGET!!
In the dictionary entry puella, puellae, f. – girl, puellae means “of the girl”

3. Puella sedet.

4. Puellae sedent.

5. Puella ambulat.

6. Puellae ambulant.

7. Puella habitat

8. Puellae habitant

9. Puella cantat

10. Puellae cantant

11. Puella legit

12. Puellae legunt

13. Puella scribit

14. Puellae scribunt

15. Puella currit

16. Puellae currunt

17. Cornelia est puella Romana

18. Flavia est puella Romana

19. Cornelia et Flavia sunt puellae Romanae.

20. So, with verbs When the subject is “he”, “she”, or “it”
This is singular and ends in ‘-t’ (puella sedet, puella ambulat, puella est, )
When the subject is “they” (more than one “he”, “she”, or “it”)
This is plural and ends in ‘-nt’ (puellae sedent, puellae ambulant, puellae sunt)

21. DON’T FORGET!!
In the dictionary entry puella, puellae, f. – girl, puellae means “of the girl”
So puellae = of the girl OR puellae = girls
We have to use context clues to figure out which one it is.

22. Context Clues Puellae sub arbore sedent Arbor puellae in villa habitat
How can we tell puellae means “girls” and not “of the girl?”
Arbor puellae in villa habitat
How can we tell puellae means “of the girl” and not “girls?”
The best way to tell the difference between puellae = of the girl and puellae = girls is to look at the verb.