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First Conjugation Verbs in the Present Passive Posted by kunthra on Apr 25, 2009
Now we’re going to take a look at the endings for the first conjugation verbs in the present indicative passive: I : –or You (singular) : –āris or –re He/She/It : –ātur We : –āmur You (plural) : –āmini They : –antur The conjugated forms for the Latin verb to bring, to carry I…
Latin Greetings Posted by kunthra on Apr 22, 2009
This is long overdue, but I figured we should go over Latin greetings. This list is not a complete list of greetings. If you want to know more check out the Byki Latin series. Hi – Heus Hey friend! (to a male) – Heus amīce Hey friend! (to a female) –Heus amīca Good morning/Good evening/Welcome –…
First Conjugation Verbs Posted by kunthra on Apr 20, 2009
Salvē! (Good Morning) The first conjugation Latin verbs have the āre ending in the present active infinitive. Words like amāre (to love) and laborāre (to work) belong in this category. I am going to list the endings for the first conjugation present tense active voice. Before I begin, I just want to quickly point out…
Latin Verbs Posted by kunthra on Apr 16, 2009
Not only are we going to look at Latin nouns, we are also going to take a look at Latin verbs. When you look up Latin verbs in a dictionary, you’ll see four principle parts that allow the reader to infer about what the other conjugated forms of the verb might be. 1. The first form…
First Declension Plural Posted by kunthra on Apr 13, 2009
Memorize the endings below, because these endings form the plural first declension nouns: Nominative: –ae Genitive: –ārum Dative: –īs Accusative: –ās Ablative: –īs Here’s an example of first declension plural endings for the word farmer in Latin. Even though first declension nouns are usually feminine, the Latin word for farmer is masculine. N: agricolae G: agricolārum…
First Declension Singular Posted by kunthra on Apr 11, 2009
First declension nouns are usually feminine like queen (rēgīna) and widow (vidua). However there is the rare case where masculine nouns like farmer (agricola) and sailor (nauta) also fall under first declension nouns. Here are the singular first declension endings: Nominative: –a Genitive: –ae Dative: –ae Accusative: –am Ablative: –ā Here are the first declension…
Declension of Latin Nouns Posted by kunthra on Apr 8, 2009
In Latin, nouns have to undergo declension. Declension of nouns are necessary to show whether a sentence is plural or singular, feminine or masculine etc. Latin declensions of nouns consist of six grammatical casus or cases: 1) Nominative – marks the subject of a sentence. It answers the question: who? or what? The subject is usually…