|
|
Revision:Latin Declensions
From The Student RoomTSR Wiki > Study Help > Subjects and Revision > Revision Notes > Classics > Latin Declensions In Latin, there are five declensions of nouns which are essential to learn for GCSE. Every noun fits into one of these declensions. Each declension has a different ending for each case, and it is important to learn all of them.
The CasesThe NominativeThe nominative is used for the subject of the sentence.
The VocativeThe vocative is used when somebody is directly speaking to that object/person.
The AccusativeThe accusative is used for the object of the sentence, when something is happening directly to it.
It can also be used to express relative time.
The GenitiveThe genitive is used to show possession. In English, it translates as "of..."
It can also show quantity and quality.
(or in normal English)
The DativeThe dative is used to show something being done to or for something else
The AblativeThe ablative is similar to the accusative, but is used when something is indirectly happening to the object. In English, the noun is normally preceded by "by", "with", "on", "under" and similar words.
The ablative can also show absolute time.
The LocativeThe locative is used for places in which something happened. It is only used for cities, islands and a few other nouns.
The locative case does not often appear in GCSE. The First DeclensionNouns in the first declension are normally feminine, but there are a few exceptions, for example "nauta" and "agricola". The table shows the 6 main case forms (not locative), the formation for the noun "puella" and the suffixes that you must add to form any case in the first declension
Revision Tips
The lyrics are: puella, puella, puellam puellae, puellae, puella puellae, puellae, puellas, puellarum puellis (clap clap), puellis (clap clap)
The Second DeclensionNouns in the second declension are normally either masculine or neuter. There are two different tables to learn, one for each of the common second declension genders.
Revision Tips
The Third DeclensionThe third declension contains nouns with strange endings, for example "rex" and "mercator". Consequently, it can contain any gender. However, regardless of gender all the nouns use the same endings.
Revision Tips
The Fourth DeclensionThe fourth declension mainly contains masculine nouns.
The Fifth DeclensionThe fifth declension does not contain many nouns. Most of the nouns are feminine, but there are exceptions, for example "dies"
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
















