CHAPTER 3: MEMORY WORKSHEET UNIT 1

A. TRANSLATION:

cause
1. causa ____________________________ 6. cüra__care
____________________________
nature
2. nätüra___________________________ wander
7. errö______________________________
woman
3. fëmina___________________________ mode
8. modus___________________________
4. numerus__number
________________________ I watch
9. spectö____________________________
wave
5. unda ____________________________

B. CHANT: Give the 1st Declension and 2nd Declension endings (both masculine and
neuter). Remember to label the boxes.

1st Declension ________________________

_________________________ 2nd Declension (m) ________________________
2nd Declension (n)
S P
___________ S
___________ ___________ P S
___________ P
___________ ___________
N_________ -a
ominative: ___________ -ae
___________ -us
___________ - ī
___________ -um
___________ -a
___________
Genitive: -ae
_________ ___________ -ārum ___________
___________ -ī -ōrum ___________
___________ -ī -ōrum
___________
Dative: -ae
_________ ___________ -īs
___________ -ō
___________ -īs
___________ -ō
___________ -īs
___________
Accusative: -am
_________ ___________ -ās
___________ -um
___________ -ōs
___________ -um
___________ -a
___________
Ablative: -ā
_________ ___________ -īs
___________ -ō
___________ -īs
___________ -ō
___________ -īs
___________

C. GRAMMAR:

case
1. The three characteristics of a noun are ____________, gender
number and ____________.
____________
masculine
2. The three options for gender are ______________, feminine
_______________ neuter
and ____________.
3. T case
 he _____________ of a noun tells you how it is used in a sentence and the five options
nominative ___________,
for it are: ____________, genitive dative
__________, ablative
accusative and _____________.
____________,
number
4. The _____________________ of a noun tells you how many there are.
5. A neuter
 ccording to the _______________ rule, all neuter nouns have the same endings in the
nominative and accusative cases.

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 CHAPTER 3: TRANSLATION WORKSHEET UNIT 1

PARSING NOUNS

Now it's time to do the same thing with nouns that we've been doing with verbs.
Nouns can sometimes pose a problem because, in case you haven't noticed, there
are many noun endings that are used more than once. For example, the ending “-a”
is used for the 1st declension nominative singular and for the 2nd declension neuter
nominative and accusative plural. (Remember that Neuter Rule?) As with verbs,
we will abbreviate the parts of a noun which will consist of various options for case,
number and gender.
Here are the abbreviations for parsing nouns:

OPTIONS FOR CASE: OPTIONS FOR GENDER: OPTIONS FOR NUMBER:

Full word Abbreviation Full word Abbreviation Full word Abbreviation
Nominative N Masculine M Singular S
Genitive G Feminine F Plural P
Dative D Neuter N
Accusative Acc
Ablative Abl

PRACTICE EXERCISES: After parsing each word in the sentence on the line above
it, translate it on the line below it.

N/S/F N/S/F G/S/F 3/S/Pr N S ___

___/___/ M 3 ___/
___/ S ___ I
1. Unda causa iniüriae est. 3. Puer erräbat.
The wave is the cause of the injury. The boy was wandering.
____________________________________

N P __
__/___/ F Acc S __
__/___/ F __/___/
3 P __ F N P M
__/___/ __ Acc S M
__/___/ __ 3 P __
__/___/ Pr
2. Fëminae cënam paräbunt. 4. Discipulï numerum spectant.
The women will prepare dinner. The students look at the number.
___________________________________ ____________________________________

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 CHAPTER 3:
1: QUIZ
GRAMMAR PAGE UNIT 1

A. NEW VOCABULARY:
Latin English
cause
causa, -ae ___________________________________
care
cüra, -ae ___________________________________
injury, injustice
iniüria, -ae (injüria, -ae) ___________________________________
nature, birth
nätüra, -ae ___________________________________
star
stëlla, -ae ___________________________________
woman
fëmina, -ae ___________________________________
measure, mode
modus, -ï ___________________________________
number, measure
numerus, -ï ___________________________________
B. REVIEW VOCABULARY:
Latin English
ground
terra, -ae ___________________________________
water
aqua, -ae ___________________________________
living
vïvus, -a, -um ___________________________________
outermost
extrëmus, -a, -um ___________________________________
ditch
fossa, -ae ___________________________________
C. CHANT:
1st Declension 2nd Declension 3rd Declension
S P S P S P

Nominative:
-a
-ae
___________ -us
- ī
___________ -um -a
___________
Genitive:
-ae
___________ -ārum
___________ -ī
___________ -ōrum
___________ -ī
___________ -ōrum
___________
Dative:
-ae
___________ -īs
___________ -ō
___________ -īs
___________ -ō
___________ -īs
___________
Accusative:
-am
___________ -ās
___________ -um
___________ -ōs
___________ -um
___________ -a
___________
Ablative:
-ā
___________ -īs
___________ -ō
___________ -īs
___________ -ō
___________ -īs
___________
D. GRAMMAR:
case, number, and gender
1. What are the three characteristics of a noun?____________________________________
nominative, genitive, dative,
2. What are the different cases in Latin?__accusative, and ablative
_________________________________________
All neuter nouns have the same endings in the nominative
and accusative cases
3. What is the neuter rule?______________________________________________________

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