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Everything One Needs to Know to get a Good Grade in Latin

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A comprehensive guide of core Latin grammar concepts going over roughly 2.5 years of material in one document.

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Latin Numbers
​ 1 - unus (un, unify, unicycle)
​ 2 - duo
​ 3 - tres (tri, triangle, tricycle)
​ 4 - quattuor (quadr, quadrant)
​ 5 - quinque (kwin - kwei)(quin, quintillion, quintip)
​ 6 - sex
​ 7 - septem
8 - octo
9 - novem
10 - decem (latin year started in march)
11 - undecim (1 and 10)
12 - duodecim (2 and 10
13 - tredecim
14 - quattuordecim
15 - quindecim
16 - sedecim
17 - septendecim
18 - duodeviginti (2 from 20)
19 - undeviginti (1 from 20)
20 - viginti
30 - triginta
40 - quadriginta
50 - quinquaginta
60 - sexaginta
70 - septuaginta
80 - octoginta
90 - nonaginta
100 - centum
1000 - mille


Roman Numerals
(represents finger counting)
I - 1
V - 5

,X - 10
L - 50
C - 100
D - 500
M - 1000
V - 5000
̅
X - 10000
̅
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I - 1
II - 2
III - 3
IV - 4 (1 from 5)
V - 5
VI - 6
VII - 7
VIII - 8
IX - 9 (1 from 10)
X - 10
IV - 4
IX - 9
XL - 40
XC - 90
CD - 400
CM - 900
XCIX - 99, not IC (you can only subtract from the unit
above/correct units)
MMDCLXXXVII = 2687
DCCVI = 706
MCMLXXIII = 1973 (you have to subtract)
MMDXLIX = 2549
LXXXI = 81
Opposite direction:
45 = 40 + 5 = XLV
3861 = MMMDCCCLXI
927 = CMXXVII
103 = CIII

,Conjugating Verbs (present tense)
-​ In latin, endings tell you who does the action



Singular​ ​ ​ ​ Plural

Singular Plural

First Person I = ego -o/-m We = nos -mus

Second person You = tu -s you (all) = vos
-tis

Third Person he/she/it -t they -nt


(use the mickey mouse song)
Ego - lego
Tu - legis
Sabina - legit


Laboramus - we work / we are working / we do work
Dormis - you sleep / you are sleeping
Rident - they laugh , etc.
Legimus = we are reading


An irregular verb


I am = sum
you are = es
he/she/it is = est
we are = sumus
y’all are = estis
they are = sunt


Nouns: Nominative and Accusative

-​ The nominative case is used when a word is the subject or
predicate nominative or predicate adjective.

, -​ The accusative case is used when a word is the direct object (or
the object of some prepositions).



Examples:



-​ Gisco (S) holds (V) his baby (DO)


-​ Rufina (S) is (LV) my aunt (PN)


-​ The baby (S) is (LV) happy (PA)
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-​ Gisco (nom) infantem (acc) tenet (V)


-​ Rufina (nom) est (V) amita (nom) mea


-​ Infancy (nom) est (LV) laetus (nom)


Endings


1st decl. 2nd decl 3rd decl
(declension)

nom. -a -us (etc.)

acc. -am -um -em




A declension is a group of nouns which share endings

Gender
-masculine
-feminine
-neuter (neither)


1st declension: -a mostly feminine​
2nd declension: -us/-er/-ir, mostly masculine
-um, neuter

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