Stage 4 Grammar - Verbs
TERMS:
Conjugation – a group of verbs
Tense – the time the action occurs i.e. present,
past, future
Person – the perspective/subject of the verb
Number – singular / plural as it refers to the verb’s
ending
Mood
Mood – a verb form that indicates the speaker’s/subject’s
attitude toward what is being done/said.
1. Indicative Mood – indicates a statement/fact
e.g. Caecilius quaerit forum.
2. Imperative Mood – indicates a command
e.g. quaere forum!
NOTA BENE: The Vocative Case for Latin nouns is used with the
imperative mood.
e.g. serve, quaere forum!
(The vocative case endings are used to show a noun is being
directly addressed/called.)
Declension Chart - updated
CASE
NAME
1st
Declen.
Sing.
1st
Declen.
Plural
2nd
Declen
Sing.
2nd
Declen
Plural
3rd
Declen
Sing.
3rd
Declen
Plural
NOM
(subj)
-a
-ae
-us,
-ius,
-er, -ir
-ī
∞
-ēs
ACC
(dir.
Obj.)
-am
-ās
-um
-ōs
-em
-ēs
ABL.
-ā
(prep.
phrase
-īs
-ō
-īs
-e
-ibus
VOC
-a
(direct
Add.)
-ae
-e,
-ī
-er, -ir
-ī
∞
-ēs
Practice!
DIRECTIONS: Identify the mood of each sentence.
Then translate each.
1. Marcus vocat canem (in viā.) _____________
2. Caeciliī, capi mercatorem!_____________
3. veniō (ad atrium) et salutō amīcum._________
DIRECTIONS: Identify the case of each underlined
noun in the sentences.
1. Marcus vocat canem (in viā.)
2. Caeciliī, capi mercatorem!
DIRECTIONS: Translate each verb.
1. quaeris - ___________ 2. quaerit - _________
3. quaerō - ___________ 4. quaere! - _________