GRAMMAR FORMATIONS

Question 1

What must noun and adjective agreements match in terms of?

Answer 1

Case (the position of the noun in the sentence), number (singular or plural) and gender (m, f, n)

Question 2

What is the process for forming a noun adjective agreement?

Answer 2

Identify the case and number that the noun adjective pairing needs to be in. Identify the noun’s gender and declension and translate it into latin. Alter the noun in latin so that it is in the correct case and number. Identify the adjective’s declension. Use the adjective tables to find the form of the adjective that matches with the noun in terms of case, number and gender

Question 3

What do comparatives usually end in?

Answer 3

ior (s) or iores (pl)

Question 4

What are comparatives often followed by?

Answer 4

quam (than)

Question 5

How do you form comparatives?

Answer 5

Remove the last two letters of the accusative part and add ior/iores

Question 6

What do superlatives usually end in?

Answer 6

issimus (m) or issima (f)

Question 7

How do you form superlatives?

Answer 7

Remove the last two letters of the accusative part and add isssimus/a

Question 8

What do superlatives translate as?

Answer 8

very …

Question 9

How do you form present and imperfect verbs?

Answer 9

Identify the verb stem by removing the last 3 letters of the infinitive. Identify the verb’s conjugation and special vowel. Add the special vowel and relevant ending to the stem

Question 10

How do you form perfect and pluperfect verbs?

Answer 10

Identify the perfect stem, by removing “i” off the third principal part. Identify the relevant ending and add to the stem

Question 11

How many conjugations are there?

Answer 11

4 and a mixed

Question 12

What parts of the verb are needed to identify a verb’s conjugation?

Answer 12

The first 2

Question 13

What are imperatives?

Answer 13

Verb endings that indicate commands/orders

Question 14

What determines whether imperatives are singular or plural?

Answer 14

Depends on how many people are receiving the order

Question 15

If an item is on the receiving end of an imperative what case is it in?

Answer 15

Accusative

Question 16

How do you form an imperative singular?

Answer 16

Remove re from the infinitive

Question 17

How do you form an imperative plural?

Answer 17

Add -te to the imperative singular, except the third and mixed conjugation imperative plural endings are ‘ite’ rather than ‘ete’

Question 18

How do you form the negative imperative (don’t)

Answer 18

Use noli (s) or nolite (pl) with the infinitive

Question 19

What are participles?

Answer 19

Verbal adjectives that describe a noun

Question 20

What do participles have to agree with the noun they are describing in terms of?

Answer 20

Case, number and gender

Question 21

How are present participles translated as?

Answer 21

…ing

Question 22

How are participles formed and declined?

Answer 22

Formed like verbs, but they decline like adjectives

Question 23

What letter do present participles always contain?

Answer 23

the letter ‘n’

Question 24

How do you form present participles?

Answer 24

Add the corresponding 3rd declension adjective ending to the present verb stem an nt (plural) or ns (singular)

Question 25

How are perfect passive participles translated as?

Answer 25

as ...ed or having been ...ed

Question 26

How do you form perfect passive participles?

Answer 26

Remove -us from the fourth principle part and add the corresponding 1st/2nd declension endings