Lesson 3: Nouns
Nouns in your dictionary
When looking up a noun in your dictionary, one should see something like this: digitus, -i, m
| Nouns
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| Subject Form | Grouping | Gramatical
Gender | Meaning
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| digitus | -i | m | finger
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| capillus | -i | m | hair
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| porta | -ae | f | door
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| fenestra | -ae | f | window
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| verbum | -i | n | word
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| donum | -i | n | gift
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- Subject Form: the form listed first in the dictionary is always how the noun looks when it functions as the subject of a sentence.
- Grouping: Here examples of words from 3 different groups the nouns belong to. N.B. 1. These are not the plural form of the noun. 2. These cannot be determined just by looking at the subject form (see manus and opus below).
- Gramatical Gender: this is only something grammatical, and affects how the noun will be modified. Again, this cannot always be determined by the subject form (see manus and nauta below).
| Irregular Nouns
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| Subject Form | Grouping | Gramatical
Gender | Meaning
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| manus | -us | f | hand
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| opus | -eris | n | work
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| nauta | -ae | m | sailor
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Now go to Lesson 4
Latin Readings for Lessons 3 & 4
N.B.
- "manus" and "opus" looks masculine but are not (and are not in the -i grouping). "Nauta" looks feminine, but is not.
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