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Damon Rosenberg Latin 7 Nouns, Adjectives, and Their Genders.

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1 Damon Rosenberg Latin 7 Nouns, Adjectives, and Their Genders

2 Genders of Nouns and Direct Objects: There are two types of nouns: Masculine nouns, and feminine nouns. They can also be plural. Same thing with direct objects: There are masculine direct objects and feminine direct objects. Both can also be plural.

3 Feminine Nouns: Singular, feminine nouns usually end in “a”. Example: villa (country house) Plural, feminine nouns usually end in “ae” Example: amicae (friends)

4 Feminine Direct Objects: Singular, feminine direct objects end in “am” Example: Corneliam Plural, feminine direct objects end in “as” Example: ancillas (slave-women)

5 Masculine Nouns: Singular, masculine nouns usually end in “us”. Example: amicus (friends) Plural, masculine nouns usually end in “I” Example: pueri (the boys)

6 Masculine Direct Object Singular, masculine direct objects end in “um” Example: Davum Plural, masculine direct objects end in “os”

7 Adjectives: The end of the adjective usually matches up to the end of the noun. Examples: Puella laeta, puellae laetae. Examples: puer laetus, pueri laeti.


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