Final Exam Latin I -First Semester
I want a C!
C’s are always hard in Latin
V’s sound like w
G’s are always hard is Latin
Ae is a dipthong and sounds like “eye”
A long I sounds like the ee in cheek
A long e sounds like the a in pay
There are 4 conjugations in Latin
There are 5 declensions in Latin
There ar 2 voices in Latin (active and passive)
Nom case is used the subject
Gen case shows possession
Dative case is used for the indirect object (to/for)
Acc case is used for the direct object
The vocative case is used in direct speech
Latin has two numbers…sing and plural
Latin has three genders…masc, fem, neut
The Subject and verb must agree in number
Personal endings
The passive endings
Present tense
Imperfect tense
The present of sum
First declension endings
Second declension endings
R nouns puer and vir
The infinitive tells me what conjugation a verb belongs to
Are, ere,Ere,ire
The second part, gen sing ,tells me what declension a noun belongs to
The present stem is formed by taking the infinitive and dropping the re
All adjectives must agree with the nouns they modify in number, gender and case
Neuter nouns are always the same in the Nom and Acc case
Roman Gods:
Mars
Pluto Apollo
Juppiter Neptune Mercury
Juno
Vesta
Slavery in Rome was not based on race or culture but on conquest
Romulus and Remus
Mars is their father
Rhea Silvia is their mother
Romulus is the first king of Rome
No, I want a B!
All of the above plus…
Third declension endings
The vocative is usually just the nom form but the vocative of us and ius nouns… is e
and I respectively
The wolf was the sacred animal of Mars
SPQR meaning
E pluribus unum
Ex officio
The Romans considered Ennius the Father of Latin Literature
Cato is remembered for his statement Carthago delenda est
There are two types of adjectives:
1st & 2nd which decline just like the second declension
3rd declension adjectives
Ablative of Agent
Ablative of Means
Ablative of Manner
Transitive verbs take an indirect object
Intransitive verbs describe a state of being or action that takes no direct object.
Vestal Virgins
Cassandra
Caveat Emptor
Status Quo
Tempus Fugit
Quid Pro Quo
Indirect Statement
Derivatives
Substantives
Imperfect of sum and possum
Enclitics
Triclinium
Cena
The Trojan Horse
Well, what I really want is an A!
All of the above plus….
The Kings of Rome
Complimentary infinitives are used with verbs like possum, debeo, and soleo
Only transitive verbs can be used in the passive voice
Sine qua non
Ablative of Place where vs Accusative of place to which
I stem nouns
Passive infinitives …how to form and translate
Quidquid id est, timeo Danaos et dona ferentes!
Personal pronouns
Personal possessive adjectives
Ientaculum
Prandium
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And of course the real difference between A and B is depth of knowledge and
being able to not only recognize but utilize it with accuracy!