LATN 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Dative Case, Genitive Case, Nominative Case
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Is also used for adjectives: vowel at end of noun stem determines what declension noun belongs in, genitive sg. case ending is unique to each noun. (or consonant) u: to find stem of noun, drop genitive singular ending, endings also mark whether noun is singular or plural. Genders: nouns have genders - masculine, feminine, & neuter, most 1st declension nouns are feminine - common exceptions are pain nouns (all are masculine), po ta (poet, agricola (farmer, nauta (sailor) S: long " " in ablative is different from nominative"s short "a" S: some -er nounds drop -e from stem in all but nominative singular, ex. ager, agri, agr , agrum . S ending for nom. sg: no distinct ending for nom. sg, find stem by removing case ending from gen. sg, vocative form = nominative, masculine & feminine. Abl. consul consulis consul consulem consule consul s consulum consulibus consul s consulibus.
