Lesson 4: Block 1 Nouns
Function of Nouns: Subject and Object
Instructions: spend no more than 2-3 minutes memorizing the endings listed for using Latin nouns as subjects and objects.
When nouns follow the form of digitus, porta, and verbum, they are called Block 1. (About 40% of Latin nouns are block 1.)
| Block 1 Nouns
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| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter
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| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural
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| Subject: | digitus | digiti | porta | portae | verbum | verba
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| Object: | digitum | digitos | portam | portas | verbum | verba
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| Subject: | -us | -i | -a | -ae | -um | -a
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| Object: | -um | -os | -am | -as | -um | -a
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N.B.
- Neuter nouns always have the same ending for both the subject and object.
- Neuter nouns always have "-a" as the ending for their plural subject and object.
- This means the latin sentence "verba instituta declarant" has two meanings, for either "words declare instritutions" or "institutions declare words".
- For those who have studied Latin before, Block 1 includes the 1st and 2nd declension.
Go here for a list of some Block 1 Nouns you will be learning.
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