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This Week's Practice
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Foundations Cycle 1 Latin = memorizing the 5 noun declension ending chants. Chant each set of endings aloud until you know them by heart!
Feminine (mostly) — Model: mensa (table)
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1Nominative | -a | -ae |
| 2Genitive | -ae | -ārum |
| 3Dative | -ae | -īs |
| 4Accusative | -am | -ās |
| 5Ablative | -ā | -īs |
Chant:a, ae, ae, am, ā / ae, ārum, īs, ās, īs
Masculine (-us) / Neuter (-um) — Model: servus (servant)
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1Nominative | -us | -ī |
| 2Genitive | -ī | -ōrum |
| 3Dative | -ō | -īs |
| 4Accusative | -um | -ōs |
| 5Ablative | -ō | -īs |
Chant:us, ī, ō, um, ō / ī, ōrum, īs, ōs, īs
Masculine / Feminine / Neuter — Model: rex (king)
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1Nominative | — (various) | -ēs |
| 2Genitive | -is | -um |
| 3Dative | -ī | -ibus |
| 4Accusative | -em | -ēs |
| 5Ablative | -e | -ibus |
Chant:— (various), is, ī, em, e / ēs, um, ibus, ēs, ibus
Masculine (-us) / Neuter (-ū) — Model: exercitus (army)
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1Nominative | -us | -ūs |
| 2Genitive | -ūs | -uum |
| 3Dative | -uī | -ibus |
| 4Accusative | -um | -ūs |
| 5Ablative | -ū | -ibus |
Chant:us, ūs, uī, um, ū / ūs, uum, ibus, ūs, ibus
Feminine (mostly) — Model: rēs (thing)
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1Nominative | -ēs | -ēs |
| 2Genitive | -eī | -ērum |
| 3Dative | -eī | -ēbus |
| 4Accusative | -em | -ēs |
| 5Ablative | -ē | -ēbus |
Chant:ēs, eī, eī, em, ē / ēs, ērum, ēbus, ēs, ēbus
Match each Latin case to its meaning, or each meaning to its case name.
Practice your declension chants with games!
These vocabulary words from each declension family are extra practice — the core Foundations Cycle 1 memory work is the declension endings above.