Declension Simplified · 2013-09-25 · A declension (from “declināre,” meaning “to change...
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Declension Simplified
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A declension (from “declināre,” meaning “to change the direction or form of something”) is a listing of all the cases of a noun or adjective
Just as we conjugate verbs by adding endings to a stem, so we decline nouns and adjectives by adding endings to a base.
What is a Declension?
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The nominative and genitive singular forms of a noun are provided in the vocabulary entry, which must be completely memorized!
What will I find in a dictionary?
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the base is found by dropping the genitive ending How do I find the Base?
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Ex. My friends are eating the cupcakes.
Ex. The cupcakes are eating the cookies.
What is the difference between these two sentences?
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In Latin, the word order is always different! It is often:
Subject-Object-Verb
This is why we need cases in Latin!
A declension is just the way for us to understand what place the noun should take in the sentence in English.
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Nouns are similar to verbs -Review: verb has 5 characteristics -Person, number, tense, voice, mood
There are only 3 characteristics for nouns - Gender, Number and Case
What else can we say about Nouns?
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