Hey everyone,
New to the board; introduced myself in General Latin Chat.
I'm currently on Caput II of Wheelock's Latin, 7th ed.
My question is: how many different verb types are there? And how many noun types are there?
As I understand it, there are 4 different kinds of verbs depending on what their "key letter" is. So far I've only seen "are" and "ere" verbs like "volare" and "terrere" (Wheelock's uses "laudare" and "monere").
Nouns are a little tricky. Is there an easy way to remember the cases? Here's how I understand it...
Nominative: The subject, whatever's DOING the verb.
Accusative: Object, whatever's GETTING DONE by the verb. An accusative noun needs a subject to exist, so it can't function without a nominative noun. So, a noun just standing alone defaults into the nominative case, right?
Genitive: This is for nouns that modify other nouns, right? Usually for posession but for other stuff too? I think of the cases this one confuses me the most. Maybe it's because I get it mixed up with adjectives and their cases/genders.
Dative: Indirect objects. This pops up when sentences get cluttered and there's more than one focus. This is for nouns that aren't the subject or object but aren't genitive either.
Ablative: I don't really know too much about this one, I'll have to reread it a few times.
Vocative: This one seems to be rarely used. One place I read said it only really appears in chronicles or tombs.
At the moment I'm focusing more on the first 4 cases because they seem to be the most frequently used. Have I understood everything correctly? I also wanted to know about adjectives. What is their basic form? Do they have cases? Or just genders? Is there an easy way to remember them? Thanks!
New to the board; introduced myself in General Latin Chat.
I'm currently on Caput II of Wheelock's Latin, 7th ed.
My question is: how many different verb types are there? And how many noun types are there?
As I understand it, there are 4 different kinds of verbs depending on what their "key letter" is. So far I've only seen "are" and "ere" verbs like "volare" and "terrere" (Wheelock's uses "laudare" and "monere").
Nouns are a little tricky. Is there an easy way to remember the cases? Here's how I understand it...
Nominative: The subject, whatever's DOING the verb.
Accusative: Object, whatever's GETTING DONE by the verb. An accusative noun needs a subject to exist, so it can't function without a nominative noun. So, a noun just standing alone defaults into the nominative case, right?
Genitive: This is for nouns that modify other nouns, right? Usually for posession but for other stuff too? I think of the cases this one confuses me the most. Maybe it's because I get it mixed up with adjectives and their cases/genders.
Dative: Indirect objects. This pops up when sentences get cluttered and there's more than one focus. This is for nouns that aren't the subject or object but aren't genitive either.
Ablative: I don't really know too much about this one, I'll have to reread it a few times.
Vocative: This one seems to be rarely used. One place I read said it only really appears in chronicles or tombs.
At the moment I'm focusing more on the first 4 cases because they seem to be the most frequently used. Have I understood everything correctly? I also wanted to know about adjectives. What is their basic form? Do they have cases? Or just genders? Is there an easy way to remember them? Thanks!