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LATIN I MASTERY LIST
This is the information that you should know at the beginning of second year. We will
spend a week or so reviewing – but it would be a good idea to go over this material
before returning to school.
NOUNS
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Memorize endings of declensions 1-5, including neuters
Know that the genitive case gives the noun stem
Know the case usage:
Nominative: subject, complement
Genitive: possession (“of”)
Dative: indirect object (“to/for”)
Accusative: direct object, object of preposition
Ablative: object of preposition, time when, time within which, means/
instrument, agent
Vocative: direct address
VERBS
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Principal parts of four conjugations
Tenses – know how to recognize, translate and form
Present
Future
Imperfect
Perfect
Irregular verbs (all tenses) - sum, eo, fero
Imperative mood
Pluperfect
Future Perfect
ADJECTIVES
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1st/2nd declension (us, a, um) and 3rd declension (is, is, e)
Agreement with nouns: gender, number and case
PREPOSITIONS
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Prepositions that take the accusative case: ad, in, per, post, prope, propter, apud
Prepositions that take the ablative case: a/ab, cum, de, e/ex, in, sine, sub
SCHEMATIZING
• Use declensions to accurately schematize (see attached sheet)
SCHEMATIZING
Schematizing involves:
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breaking down the sentence into smaller parts
2.
identifying the key parts of the sentence (verb/subject/direct object)
verb
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main verb of the clause
noun/pron. and modifiers
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subject or word related to subject
noun/pron. and modifiers
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direct object or word related to
noun/pron. and modifiers
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indirect object or word related to
noun/pron. and modifiers
phrase)
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ablative (not in a prepositional
noun/pron. and modifiers
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complement/predicate nominative
d. o.
i. o.
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pause in the sentence: colon,
semicolon,
comma, etc.
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subordinate clause (relative clause,
eg.)
preposition + noun/pron.
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prepositional phrase
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points to a word read after, often
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complementary, objective or subjective
genitive
infinitive
5 steps to translating a sentence:
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Read through the entire sentence.
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Mark any pauses in the sentence.
3.
Circle verbs, put prepositional phrases in parentheses
4.
Bracket any subordinate clauses.
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Identify the key parts of the sentence: verb/subject/direct object
6.
Deal with the details.