Noun Cases Grammatica

Cases:

The Nominative Case

Nominative Case Endings

  1st declension 2nd declension 2nd declension 3rd declension 3rd declension 4th declension 4th declension 5th declension
Nominative Singular a us (er) um --- --- us u es
Nominative Plural ae î a ês a (ia-adj.) ûs ua ês

Nominative Case Functions

USES LATIN
Example
ENGLISH
Translation
Subject of a conjugated verb
(not an infinitive)
Cicero liberavit eius servum. Cicero freed his slave.
Predicate Nominative
used as object of a form of sum a passive voice verb
Davus erat servus. Davus was a slave.
Predicate Nominative
used as object with form of a passive voice verb
Davus videtur servus. Davus seems a slave.


J.Jahnige, May 2004

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