Inflection: Plurals Verbs and Nouns

DON’T FORGET!! In the dictionary entry puella, puellae, f. – girl, puellae means “of the girl”

Puella sedet.

Puellae sedent.

Puella ambulat.

Puellae ambulant.

Puella habitat

Puellae habitant

Puella cantat

Puellae cantant

Puella legit

Puellae legunt

Puella scribit

Puellae scribunt

Puella currit

Puellae currunt

Cornelia est puella Romana

Flavia est puella Romana

Cornelia et Flavia sunt puellae Romanae.

So, with verbs When the subject is “he”, “she”, or “it” This is singular and ends in ‘-t’ (puella sedet, puella ambulat, puella est, ) When the subject is “they” (more than one “he”, “she”, or “it”) This is plural and ends in ‘-nt’ (puellae sedent, puellae ambulant, puellae sunt)

DON’T FORGET!! In the dictionary entry puella, puellae, f. – girl, puellae means “of the girl” So puellae = of the girl OR puellae = girls We have to use context clues to figure out which one it is.

Context Clues Puellae sub arbore sedent Arbor puellae in villa habitat How can we tell puellae means “girls” and not “of the girl?” Arbor puellae in villa habitat How can we tell puellae means “of the girl” and not “girls?” The best way to tell the difference between puellae = of the girl and puellae = girls is to look at the verb.