Latin is an inflected language

1. Latin depends on word endings;

2. the ending of the word shows its function (morphology);

3. you need to know a word's function in order to read Latin;

4. ​so you need to know your word endings;

   1. ​and your stems too!

nouns have 2 principal parts and gender

1. the 1st principal part is the nominative (subject);

2. the 2nd principal part is the genitive (possession);

3. ​the gender is given and you should memorize it!

4. some nouns are similiar in form;

5. these are BLOCK 1 nouns;

6. ​BLOCK 1 nouns have 3 genders;

   1. masculine nouns and adjectives;

   2. feminine nouns and adjectives;

   3. neuter nouns and adjectives;

feminine nouns -a

1. the first principal part is the nominative case (subject);

2. the second principal part is the genitive case (possession);

   1. this gives you the stem!

3. ​the gender is given and you should memorize it!

feminine nouns -a

puella, puellae (f)

1. puella is the nominative case (subject);

   1. the girl

2. puellae is the genitive case (possession);

   1. of the girl

      1. this is the stem!​

3. the gender is feminine;

   1. ​ALMOST ALL FEMININE -A NOUNS IN BLOCK 1 GO JUST LIKE THIS!

feminine nouns -a

1. puella, puellae (f) - the girl; of the girl

2. amica, amicae - the friend, of the friend

3. discipula, discipulae - the student, of the student

4. Italia, Italiae - Italy, of Italy;

5. schola, scholae - the school, of the school

6. villa, villae - the house, of the house​

7. ​laeta, laetae - the happy girl, of the happy girl;

8. ​irata, iratae - the angry girl, of the angry girl;​

   1. ALL FEMININE -A NOUNS IN BLOCK 1 GO JUST LIKE THIS​

masculine nouns -us / -r

1. the first principal part is the nominative case (subject);

2. the second principal part is the genitive case (possession);

   1. this gives you the stem!

3. the gender is given and you should always memorize it;

masculine nouns (-us)

dominus, domini (m.)

1. dominus is the nominative case (subject);

   1. the master

2. domini is the genitive case (possession);

   1. of the master

      1. ​this is the stem!

3. the gender is masculine;

   1. ​ALL MASCULINE -US NOUNS IN BLOCK 1 GO JUST LIKE THIS!

masculine nouns -us

1. dominus, domini (m.) - the master, of the master;

2. servus, servi (m.) - the slave, of the slave;

3. lupus, lupi (m.) - the wolf, of the wolf;

4. Marcus, Marci (m.) - Marcus, of Marcus;

5. ramus, rami (m.) - the branch, of the branch;

6. Romanus, Romani (m.) - the Roman man, of the Roman man;

7. Sextus, Sexti (m.) - Sextus, of Sextus;

   1. ​ALL MASCULINE -US NOUNS IN BLOCK 1 GO JUST LIKE THIS!

masculine nouns -r

puer, pueri (m.)

1. puer is the nominative case (subject);

   1. the boy;

2. pueri is the genitive case (possession);

   1. of the boy;

      1. ​this is the stem!

3. the gender is masculine;

   1. ​ALL MASCULINE -R NOUNS IN BLOCK 1 WILL GO JUST LIKE THIS!

masculine nouns -r

1. dominus, domini (m.) - the master, of the master;

2. servus, servi (m.) - the slave, of the slave;

3. lupus, lupi (m.) - the wolf, of the wolf;

4. Marcus, Marci (m.) - Marcus, of Marcus;

5. ramus, rami (m.) - the branch, of the branch;

6. Romanus, Romani (m.) - the Roman man, of the Roman man;

7. Sextus, Sexti (m.) - Sextus, of Sextus;

   1. ​ALL MASCULINE -US NOUNS IN BLOCK 1 GO JUST LIKE THIS!

Noun Declensions in Latin Getting Started

by P. Tavenner