Lesson 16 2 nd Declension Neuter Nouns Latin

Lesson 16 2 nd Declension Neuter Nouns Latin I Dec. 1 -8, 2014 Recap: Spring 2015

Let’s review! puella, puellae (f. ) --- girl Case Nominative Genitive Dative Accusative Ablative Singular Plural

Let’s review! amicus, amici (m. ) --- friend Case Nominative Genitive Dative Accusative Ablative Singular Plural

Lesson 16: Neuter Nouns • 2 ND DECLENSION REVIEW: Nouns that have –i in their genitive singular are 2 nd declension. They can be masculine or neuter. • amicus, amici (m. ) • vir, viri (m. ) • ager, agri (m. ) • signum, signi (n. )

Find the noun stem The noun stem is found by dropping the genitive singular ending from the noun. Dictionary entry of a noun: signum Nominative singular signi, n. Genitive singular Gender sign Meaning signi – i = sign. Noun Stem

Neuter Rule • The nominative and accusative cases of neuter nouns always have the same endings. • The plural nominative and accusative ending of neuter nouns is always –A.

Neuter Nouns have the same endings as masculine, except for 3 differences. signum, signi (n. ) --- sign Case Singular Nominative Genitive Dative Accusative Ablative signum signi signo signum signo Plural signa signorum signis signa signis

Your turn! templum, templi (n. ) --- temple Case Nominative Genitive Dative Accusative Ablative Singular Plural

Your turn! Add the endings! consilium, consilii (n. ) --- plan Case Nom. Gen. Dat. Acc. Abl. Singular consili consili Plural consili consili

WARNING! • We’ve seen that neuter nom/acc plurals end in –a. • Remember that 1 st declension singular words can end in –a, too! • If a word ends in –a and is feminine or masculine, it’s singular. • puella, casa, agricola: girl, house, farmer

WARNING! • If a word ends in –a and is neuter, it’s plural. • signa, praemia, consilia: signs, rewards, plans • Look in the glossary or vocab list if you’ve forgotten the gender. • It’s not magic…it’s just a matter of looking up the gender!

What To Take Away From the Lesson! • 2 nd declension neuter nouns find their stems by dropping the –i from the genitive. • Neuter nouns use the same 2 nd declension endings as masculine nouns except for 3 differences: • nom. singular = -um (not –us or –r) • nom. plural = -a (not –i) • acc. plural = -a (not –os)

Practice Time! • On your own paper, decline the following neuter nouns. Turn your paper in to the basket: – frumentum, frumenti (n. )---grain – donum, doni (n. )---gift – verbum, verbi (n. )---word

Practice Time! • On your own paper, copy the Latin sentences and provide the English translation for: – Page 111, Ex. A – Page 115, Ex. A