1. Latin's Case System
And five declensions

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

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

8. 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

9. Five Declensions

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