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2 Vocative Case for nouns of address (i.e., when calling someone by name)

3 What do all of these sentences have in common? 1)Where are they, Cornelia? 2)Look at the big waves, sailors! 3)Marcus, stay in the house. 4)Do not move out of the country, Cornelius!

4 What do all of these sentences have in common? 1)Where are they, Cornelia? 2)Look at the big waves, sailors! 3)Marcus, stay in the house. 4)Do not move out of the country, Cornelius! Each sentence is talking to a person BY NAME. That name goes in vocative case. Let’s look at these same sentences in Latin.

5 What do all of these sentences have in common? 1)Where are they, Cornelia? 2)Look at the big waves, sailors! 3)Marcus, stay in the house. 4)Do not move out of the country, Cornelius! 1)Ubi sunt, Cornelia? 2)Spectāte magnās undās, nautae! 3)Manē, Marce, in casā. 4)Nolī movēre ē patriā, Corneli!

6 What do all of these sentences have in common? In what case do most of these nouns appear to be? 1)Ubi sunt, Cornelia? 2)Spectāte magnās undās, nautae! 3)Manē, Marce, in casā. 4)Nolī movēre ē patriā, Corneli!

7 What do all of these sentences have in common? In what case do most of these nouns appear to be? NOMINATIVE CASE, and here’s why.... 1)Ubi sunt, Cornelia? 2)Spectāte magnās undās, nautae! 3)Manē, Marce, in casā. 4)Nolī movēre ē patriā, Corneli!

8 Rules for Vocative Case noun of address is usually set off by a comma; it is NOT the subject of a sentence usually is accompanied by imperative mood vocative case looks like nominative, EXCEPT: “us” noun  changes to “e” “ius” noun  changes to “i”

9 Spectā librum, puella!

10 Look at the book, girl!

11 Ambulāte ad silvam, amīcī! ambulo, ambulāre = walk

12 Ambulāte ad silvam, amīcī! Walk to the forest, friends!

13 Liberā tē, captive! tē = you, yourself (acc. case)

14 Liberā tē, captive! Free yourself, prisoner! tē = you, yourself (acc. case)

15 Movē ā casā, male vir!

16 Move away from the house, bad man!

17 Let’s Review Vocative case looks like nominative, EXCEPT when a noun ends in a “us” or an “ius” (singular form only).

18 Form the vocative singular of each. 1)Anna 2)Clara 3)Marcus 4)equus 5)Cornelius 6)socius

19 Form the vocative singular of each. 1)Anna 2)Clara 3)Marcus 4)equus 5)Cornelius 6)socius 1) Anna

20 Form the vocative singular of each. 1)Anna 2)Clara 3)Marcus 4)equus 5)Cornelius 6)socius 1)Anna 2)Clara

21 Form the vocative singular of each. 1)Anna 2)Clara 3)Marcus 4)equus 5)Cornelius 6)socius 1)Anna 2)Clara 3) Marce

22 Form the vocative singular of each. 1)Anna 2)Clara 3)Marcus 4)equus 5)Cornelius 6)socius 1)Anna 2)Clara 3)Marce 4)eque

23 Form the vocative singular of each. 1)Anna 2)Clara 3)Marcus 4)equus 5)Cornelius 6)socius 1)Anna 2)Clara 3)Marce 4)eque 5)Corneli

24 Form the vocative singular of each. 1)Anna 2)Clara 3)Marcus 4)equus 5)Cornelius 6)socius 1)Anna 2)Clara 3)Marce 4)eque 5)Corneli 6)soci

25 Form the vocative plural. 1)agricola 2)amicus 3)socius

26 Form the vocative plural. 1)agricola 2)amicus 3)socius 1) agricolae

27 Form the vocative plural. 1)agricola 2)amicus 3)socius 1)agricolae 2)amicī

28 Form the vocative plural. 1)agricola 2)amicus 3)socius 1)agricolae 2)amicī 3)sociī

29 Translate. Quid, Quinte, est nomen taurī tuī ? taurus, taurī = m., ???? (think about sign of zodiac)

30 Translate. Quid, Quinte, est nomen taurī tuī ? Quintus, what is the name of your bull?

31 Work on the land, Metellus.

32 Laborā in terrā, Metelle.

33 Cooks, prepare the food! coquus, coquī = m., cook

34 Cooks, prepare the food! Parāte cibum, coquī! coquus, coquī = m., cook

35 Last One! Nolī portāre tubam tuam in casam, Iuli! tuba, tubae = f., horn

36 Last One! Nolī portāre tubam tuam in casam, Iuli! Do not carry your horn into the house, Julius!

37 Vocative Case usually looks like _____ case EXCEPT –us becomes ______ –ius becomes ______ NEVER the subject of a sentence

38 Vocative Case usually looks like vocative case EXCEPT –us becomes e –ius becomes i NEVER the subject of a sentence


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