LATIN – is the official language of the Roman Catholic Church.

3 Genders in Latin
1. Masculine
2. Feminine
3. Neuter

 Nouns
 Declensions – 5 DECLENSIONS
 Number – Singular, Plural
 Cases – 5 Major (Nominative, Genitive, Dative, Accusative, Ablative)
2 Minor (Singular, Plural)

1ST DECLENSION
(Terr) – Stem of the noun | Terra, Terrae – pronounced as they

Singular Plural
Nominative - TerrA TerrAE
Genitive - TerrAE TerrARUM
Dative - TerrAE TerrIS
Accusative - TerrAM TerrAS
Ablative - TerrA TerrIS
(Fixed endings)
AE will appear 3 times on 1st Declension.
To get the stem remove the ending of the genitive singular.

VOCABULARY
Victoria, victoriae – Victory
Via, Viae – Road, Way
Terra, Terrae – Earth, Land
Nauta, Nautae – Sailor
Silva, Silvae – Forest
Gloria, Gloriae – Glory
Marie, Mariae – Mary
Agricola, Agricolae – Farmer

Function Sign Words

N. – Nominative - Subject - The, A, An
G. – Genetive - Possession / Ownership / Modifier - ‘s / s’ / of
D. – Dative - Indirect Subject - to, for
Acc. – Accusative - Direct Subject - the, a, an
Abl. – Ablative - Object of the preposition - by, with, from, in, into, upon

1st Declention – All nouns naming individual male persons are masculine.

Parts of Speech

1. Nouns 5. Adverbs
2. Pronouns 6. Prepositions
3. Adjective 7. Conjunction
4. Verbs
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VOWELS
Regular A E I O U

Long Short
A father facility
E they get
I machine fit
O no obey
U rule put

DIPTHONGA
AE - they caelo & coeli – same pronunciation
OE - they
AU - out

Consonants