Lesson 4 · Review
Read through the vocabulary and the rules, then test yourself below. Answer in your head before you click.
New nouns, a new verb, and two question words. Say each aloud as you read it.
One sentence shows all three at once: Fīlia agricolae nautam amat — "the farmer's daughter loves the sailor."
The subject of a finite verb is in the nominative and answers the question Who? (Latin quis?).
Fīlia agricolae nautam amat — fīlia (nominative) is the subject: Who loves? The daughter.
The direct object of a transitive verb is in the accusative and answers the question Whom? or What?
Fīlia agricolae nautam amat — nautam (accusative) is the object: Whom does she love? The sailor.
The word naming the owner or possessor is in the genitive and answers the question Whose? (Latin cuius?).
Fīlia agricolae nautam amat — agricolae (genitive) names the possessor: Whose daughter? The farmer's.
quis? ("who?") is itself a nominative — it asks for the subject. cuius? ("whose?") is a genitive — it asks for the possessor.
Quis Diānam amat? — Who loves Diana? · Cuius fīlia est Diāna? — Whose daughter is Diana?
Pick an answer; wrong picks turn red and you may try again. Six out of six before you start the exercises.
Question 1
In Fīlia agricolae nautam amat ("the farmer's daughter loves the sailor"), which word is the subject?
Right. The subject is in the nominative and answers "Who?" (Rule 1). Fīlia ends in -a (nominative) and is the one who loves.
Not quite — who performs the action? That word is the nominative subject.
Question 2
In the same sentence, what is agricolae?
Right. The genitive names the possessor and answers "Whose?" (Rule 3). Agricolae tells us whose daughter — the farmer's.
Not quite — "the farmer's daughter": which case marks the owner?
Question 3
What case is nautam, and what is its job in the sentence?
Right. The -am ending marks the accusative, the direct object that answers "Whom?" (Rule 2): whom does she love? The sailor.
Not quite — the -am ending marks which case? What question does it answer?
Question 4
Which interrogative word asks "Whose?" and itself stands in the genitive?
Right. Cuius? is the genitive of the interrogative and asks for the possessor — "Whose?" (quis? is the nominative, asking "Who?"; necat is a verb.)
Not quite — "Whose?" goes with the possessor (genitive). Which word is that?
Question 5
What does Diāna feram necat mean?
Right. Diāna ends in -a (nominative subject) and feram in -am (accusative object): Diana does the killing, the wild beast receives it.
Not quite — which word has the -a (subject) ending and which has -am (object)?
Question 6
The question Quis Diānam amat? begins with quis. What does quis ask, and what case is it?
Right. Quis? is the nominative interrogative and asks for the subject — "Who?" The answer would itself be a nominative (e.g. Lātōna Diānam amat).
Not quite — quis is the nominative form; which question does the nominative answer?
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