Latin I
Mid-Term
Study Guide
Nōmen ___________________________
Diēs __________________Pd._________
Objective Portion (Tuesday):
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Identification of grammar information – know the terms conjugation, principle parts, infinitive, declensions, etc.
All nouns have ___
GENDERS
___ in Latin: MASCULINE, FEMININE and NEUTER
All nouns are divided into categories called _____
DECLENSIONS
______
__
FIRST
__ _
DECLENSIONS
____ nouns are mainly FEMININE and end in –am in the accusative.
__
SECOND
__ _
DECLENSIONS
____ nouns are mainly MASCULINE and end in –um in the accusative.
__
THIRD
__ _
DECLENSIONS
____ nouns are any gender and end in –em in the accusative.
All nouns will be in a specific ____
CASE
__________ to show how it is used in the sentence:
___
NOMINATIVE
___ (for the SUBJECT) and _____
ACCUSATIVE
__ (for the DIRECT
OBJECT or OBJECT OF (some) PREPOSITIONs.)
Latin verb change their suffixes to show PERSON.
An –ō suffix indicates that a noun is ________
FIRST PERSON
______________.
An –ō suffix translates to the subject pronoun “I”. ambulō. __
I WALK
__
An –s suffix indicates that a noun is ________
SECOND PERSON
______________.
An –s suffix translates to the subject pronoun “you” ambulās. ___
YOU WALK
__
A –t suffix indicates that the noun is ________
THIRD PERSON
______________.
A –t suffix translates to the subject pronoun “he/she/it”. ambulat._
HE/SHE/IT WALKS
__
VERBS are listed in the ______
PRINCIPLE PARTS________

The first form (FIRST PRINCIPAL PART) is the 1 st person form of the verb (meaning, I __). The second form listed (SECOND PRINCIPAL PART) is the __
INFINITIVE
_____ (meaning, to___)
For example: agō, agere agō = I do agere = to do (there is no subject of an infinitive) habeō, habēre habeō = __
I HAVE
__ habēre = __
TO HAVE
__
Verbs whose INFINITIVE ends in –āre are __
FIRST
__ CONJUGATION VERBS
To form the SECOND or THIRD PERSON, drop the –re from the INFINITIVE and add an –s or a –t.
portō, portāre:
PORTO
= I carry
PORTAS
= You carry
PORTAT
= H/S/I carries
Verbs whose INFINITIVE ends in –ēre are __
SECOND
_ CONJUGATION VERBS
To form the SECOND or THIRD PERSON, drop the –re from the INFINITIVE and add an –s or a –t.
habeō, habēre:
HABEO
= I have _
HABES
_ = You have __
HABET
_ = H/S/I has
Verbs whose INFINITIVE ends in –ere are _
THIRD
_ CONJUGATION VERBS
To form the SECOND or THIRD PERSON, drop the –re from the INFINITIVE, change the “e” to an
“i” and add an –s or a –t. REMEMBER THAT THIRD CONJUGATION VERBS WANT TO BE LIKE
FOURTH CONJUGATION VERBS!
petō, petere: _
PETO
_ = I seek _
PETIS
_ = You seek _
PETIT
_ = H/S/I seek
Verbs whose INFINITIVE ends in –īre are _
FOURTH
__ CONJUGATION VERBS
To form the SECOND or THIRD PERSON, drop the –re from the INFINITIVE and add an –s or a –t.
dormiō, dormīre:
DORMIO
= I sleep
DORMIS
= You sleep
DORMIT
= H/S/I sleeps
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Identification of person (1 st , 2 nd , 3 rd person) of verbs ego cēnam (coquō, coquis, coquit).
Caecilius vīllam (intrō, intrās, intrat). ego (sum, es, est) servus. tu in viā (ambulō, ambulās, ambulat).
Syphāx (sum, es, est) vēnālīcius.

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Identification of number (singular or plural) of verbs agricola ad urbem (currunt, currit). puellae in theātrō (sedent, sedet). servī ad theātrum (contendit, contendunt) pater (est, sunt) in tablīnō. āctōrēs in scaenā (stant, stat)
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Identification of declension of nouns
__
3
_ senex __
1
_ puella
_
2
__ servus _
3
_ canis
_
2
__ hortus
__
3__
mercator
_
1
__ villa
__
1
_ poeta
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Identification of conjugation of verbs
_
3
_ agō, agere _
2
_ habeō, habēre
_
1
_ portō, portāre _
3
_ petō, petere
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Identification of case of nouns (nominative or accusative)
__
4
_ dormiō, dormīre
_
1
_ vocō, vocāre
_
ACC
_ puellam __
NOM
_ canis
__
NOM
_ pater _
ACC
_ poetam
__
ACC
_ servum _
ACC
__ senem
_
NOM
_ urbs _
ACC
_ mercatorem
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Identification of usage of cases (nominative – subject, accusative – direct object)
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Identification of proper English translation of Latin sentences (or vice versa) – study vocabulary from Stages 1-5
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Identification of usage of derivatives of vocabulary words from stages 1-5