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Latin Cheat Sheet The 5 main cases of Latin Nominative Genitive Dative Accusative Ablative subject possessive (of)

acts on a noun indirect object direct object modifies a verb

1st Declension Chart Singular porta portae Portae portam port Plural portae portarum ports ports ports

N G D Ac Ab

-a -ae -ae -am -

-ae -rum -s -s -s

Rule 1: The subject of a finite verb is always in the nominative case. (A finite verb is indicative- stated as a fact, subjunctive- is a wish, or contingent on something else, or imperative- a command) Rule 2: A finite verb agrees with its subject in number and person.

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