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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
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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 d. o.
noun/pron. and modifiers
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indirect object or word related to i. o.
noun/pron. and modifiers
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ablative (not in a prepositional phrase)
noun/pron. and modifiers
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complement/predicate nominative
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pause in the sentence: colon, semicolon,
comma, etc.
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subordinate clause (relative clause, eg.)
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prepositional phrase
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points to a word read after, often genitive
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complementary, objective or subjective
preposition + noun/pron.
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.
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Circle verbs, put prepositional phrases in parentheses
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Bracket any subordinate clauses.
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Identify the key parts of the sentence: verb/subject/direct object
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Deal with the details.