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Chapter 16. Noun and Adjective Agreement What is an adjective? a word that describes a noun or pronoun.

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1 Chapter 16

2 Noun and Adjective Agreement What is an adjective? a word that describes a noun or pronoun

3 What is meant by case of a noun? part of speech - subject, direct object What is meant by gender of a noun? masculine - feminine - neuter

4 What is meant by number of a noun? singular or plural What three ways must a Latin adjective agree with the noun it is describing? case, number and gender

5 Activity 1: Identify the following: 1.Gender: magnus canis_____________________ magna vox_____________________ magnum iter_____________________

6 2.Case: magnus pater___________________________ magni patris___________________________ magnum patrem ___________________________ magno patre___________________________ 3.Number: magnus canis__________magni canes__________ magna vox__________magnae voces__________ magnum iter__________magna itinera__________

7 The fact that adjectives must agree with their nouns does ________ mean that the adjective and noun will always have __________________ not identical endings

8 What is meant by declension? a grouping that share a common spelling pattern How many declensions of adjectives are there in Latin? two

9 How do you recognize a 1 st /2 nd declension adjective? masculinefeminineneuter -us -a -um How do you find the stem of a 1 st /2 nd declension adjective? drop -a from feminine form

10 Activity 2:Add 1 st /2 nd declension adjective endings to the golden charts. masculinefeminineneuter nominative genitive dative accusative ablative

11 Activity 3: Decline the following 1 st /2 nd declension adjective bonus, bona, bonum - stem _____________________ masculinefeminineneuter nom: gen: dat: acc: abl:

12 Activity 6 – Underline all the adjectives and draw an arrow to the noun it is describing. Explain how the adjective agrees with the noun, then translate the sentence. 1.Plaustrum duas rotas habet; rustici in plaustrum onera magna ponunt; boves tardi plaustrum per vias in magnam urbem nocte trahunt. explanation: ___________________________________ explanation: ___________________________________ explanation: ___________________________________ explanation: ___________________________________

13 2.Ubi Cornelius multas epistulas scribit, nemo eum impedit. explanation: ________________________________ 3.Si magnae voces liberorum patrem vexant, Aurelia pueros strenuos in hortum mittit. explanation: __________________________________ explanation: __________________________________

14 4.Cornelius magnum numerum servorum in vineā vicinā spectabat. explanation: __________________________________ explanation: __________________________________ 5.Ancilla nova puellarum nomina vocat; sed strenuae puellae magnam vocem ancillaenon audiunt. explanation: __________________________________ explanation: __________________________________ explanation: __________________________________

15 fortis, fortis, forte strong, brave celer, celeris, celere quickly


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