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Latin Level 1: nouns and cases
From the sounds of Latin to the first two declensions, adjectives, possessives, the ablative of "with" and is, ea, id. Ends with the Basics self-test.
13 lessons, about 43 minutes in all. Take them in order.
- Saying Latin out loud 4 min
Hard c, v like w, and where the stress falls.
- Endings do the work 3 min
In Latin, the ending of a word shows its job, not its place in the sentence.
- The five cases 3 min
Nominative, genitive, dative, accusative, ablative: five jobs a noun can do.
- The first declension 3 min
All ten forms of puella, and which -a nouns are masculine.
- Adjectives agree with their nouns 3 min
bona puella, nauta bonus: the adjective matches the noun's gender, number and case.
- The second declension 4 min
dominus and pīlum: masculine -us nouns and neuter -um nouns.
- Predicate nouns and apposition 3 min
When two nouns name the same person, they share the same case.
- Adjectives in all three genders 3 min
bonus, bona, bonum: one adjective, three sets of endings.
- Nouns in -ius, -er and -ir 4 min
fīlius, puer, ager, vir: second-declension nouns with a twist.
- My, your, his, our 3 min
meus, tuus, suus, noster, vester: possessives that agree with the thing owned.
- Four ways to say "with" 3 min
The ablative of cause, means, accompaniment and manner, and when to use cum.
- The nine irregular adjectives 4 min
ūnus, nūllus, sōlus, tōtus and friends: genitive -īus, dative -ī.
- is, ea, id: this, that, he, she, it 3 min
One word for "this" and "that", which also stands in for he, she and it.