Jenney Lesson 01

OBJECTIVE: To decline a 1st declension noun; to name the five major cases; to recognize the lexical entry of a noun

TOPIC: Jenney Ch 1 - Basics of Latin Nouns

• DO NOW:

• TAKE OUT HW 09/12 (inflection, declension etc.)

• NEATLY WRITE OUT the puella chart on page 2 into Unit 1-4 Tab.

OBJECTIVE: To decline a 1st declension noun; to name the five major cases; to recognize the lexical entry of a noun

TOPIC: Jenney Ch 1 - Basics of Latin Nouns

• 5 major NOUN declensions

• 5 major cases: nominative, genitive, dative, accusative, and ablative (NOM, GEN, DAT, ACC, ABL)

• 3 possible genders: masculine, feminine, or neuter (m, f, or n)

OBJECTIVE: To decline a 1st declension noun; to name the five major cases; to recognize the lexical entry of a noun

TOPIC: Jenney Ch 1 - Basics of Latin Nouns

• Lexical entry in glossary/dictionary appear as follows:

• a. nom. sing. = miles

• b. gen. sing = militis

• i. drop the gen. sg. ending to find base (base = milit-)

• ii. used to determine the declension by looking at the gen. sg. ending (declension = 3rd)

• c. gender = masculine

• d. definition = soldier

OBJECTIVE: To decline a 1st declension noun; to name the five major cases; to recognize the lexical entry of a noun

aqua, -ae, f, water

• STEP 1: make sure you can visualize the GEN. SG. of the word aqua —> GEN SG = aquae

• STEP 2: DROP the -ae from aquae for the base —> BASE = aqu-

• STEP 3: Decline

OBJECTIVE: To decline a 1st declension noun; to name the five major cases; to recognize the lexical entry of a noun.

sg plnom aqua aquaegen aquae aquārumdat aquae aquīsacc aquam aquāsabl aquā aquīs

femina, -ae, f, woman

• STEP 1: make sure you can visualize the GEN. SG. of the word femina —> GEN SG = feminae

• STEP 2: DROP the -ae from feminae for the base —> BASE = femin-

• STEP 3: Decline

OBJECTIVE: To decline a 1st declension noun; to name the five major cases; to recognize the lexical entry of a noun.

sg plnom femina -aegen feminae -ārumdat -ae -īsacc -am -āsabl -ā -īs

fortuna, -ae, f, luck, fortune

• STEP 1: make sure you can visualize the GEN. SG. of the word fortuna —> GEN SG = fortunae

• STEP 2: DROP the -ae from fortunae for the base —> BASE = fortun-

• STEP 3: Decline

OBJECTIVE: To decline a 1st declension noun; to name the five major cases; to recognize the lexical entry of a noun.

sg plnom fortuna -aegen fortunae -ārumdat -ae -īsacc -am -āsabl -ā -īs

1st Declension

• Let’s pronounce these together…

OBJECTIVE: To decline a 1st declension noun; to name the five major cases; to recognize the lexical entry of a noun