Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Noun Case Review

Many of you are successfully learning the noun and adjective declensions, but have a hard time identifying the case and its purpose in sentences. Here is a review exercise for you:

Translate, then give the case and purpose of the italicized nouns:

1. Omnēs arborēs silvae sunt magnae.

2. Dāvus īrātus baculum arripit et Getam baculō verberat.

3. Iter est longum et Sextus sedēre nōn iam vult.

4. Toga Mārcī est sordida et Aurēlia eum reprehendit.

5. "Cavē, scelestī," magnā vōce exclāmat.

6. "Nēmō meam caupōnam reprehendit," exclāmit brevī rīsū caupō. (rīsus, rīsūs is a 4th declension noun meaning laugh/smile - rīsū is the ablative case)

7.  Iter Rōmam Cornēlius saepe faciēbat.

8. Cornēlia est puella Rōmana, quae in villā rūsticā aestāte habitat.

9. Nōmen meae sororis est Iūlia.

10. Brevī tempore Mārcus et Sextus ad caupōnam adveniunt.

Click here for the answers.