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Declinatio Prima

1) Nouns with a historical stem, which is ended by -ā-.

2) In nominatīvus singulāris become ending -ă, in genetīvus singulāris - -ae.

3)Generally , these nouns are feminine’s, but there are also some masculine nouns, like:

poēta, -ae m – poet,

nauta, -ae m – seaman

Agricola, - ae m – farmer etc.

Singulāris
Nom. persōn - a
Gen. persōn - ae
Dat. persōn - ae
Acc. persōn - am
Abl. persōn - ā
Voc. persōn - a


Plurālis
Nom. persōn - ae
Gen. person - ārum
Dat. persōn - is
Acc. persōn - as
Abl. persōn - is
Voc. persōn - ae




Comments:

1) The forms of singulāris nominatīvus and ablatīvus are differing only in quantity of vowel -а. Not to confuse these cases in the text, there is a longitude sign over a vowel in ablatīvus - ā.

2) The form of plurālis datīvus coincide with the form of ablatīvus.

For learning Latin Category Grammar Level A1: Beginner Second language English Created Oct 16, 2010 03:12 Views 826 Share:

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