CLC Stage 3: Declining Nouns

In Latin, nouns and adjectives have cases to determine their ______________.

• gender

• function in the sentence

• color

• placement

The ___________ case acts as the subject of the sentence.

• nominative

• accusative

• dative

• ablative

The ____________ case acts as the direct object.

• nominative

• accusative

• dative

• ablative

Declining a noun is when you ________________.

• conjugate the verb.

• put a noun in a different case

• put a noun in a different gender

• put a noun in a corner

Generally, first declension nouns end in ______.

• A

• ER/US

• N

• T/NT

Generally, second declension nouns end in _____.

• A

• ER/US

• N

• T/O

The first step to declining a noun is _______

• stopping, dropping, and rolling.

• finding the ending.

• finding the stem.

• adding the deponent.

What is the nominative plural ending for a first declension noun?

• a

• as

• am

• ae

What is the accusative plural ending for a third declension noun?

• er

• es

• em

• ia

What is the accusative singular ending for a second declension noun?

• us

• um

• i

• orum