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Latin from scratch course › #1: Our first translation from Latin › #1.4: First declension

Latin from scratch #1.4: The first declension

In the fourth class of the Latin from Scratch course, we’ll start actually memorizing, as we are about to study the first declension. Luckily, the first Latin declension is the easiest one, since there’s only one table. After memorizing its morphology, we’ll learn some other matters.

Contents

  • Morphology of the first declension
  • Notes on nominal morphology

I explain everything in the following video (⏳ 04m 35s ⌛):

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Morphology of the first declension

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The first Latin declension is quite easy, since it is exactly the same for all nouns (with very little exceptions).

nom. sg.dominănom. pl.dominae
voc. sg.dominăvoc. pl.dominae
ac. sg.dominămac. pl.dominās
gen. sg.dominaegen. pl.dominārum
dat. sg.dominaedat. pl.dominīs
ab. sg.domināab. pl.dominīs

In the first declension we have mostly feminine nouns. The only masculine nouns are the ones which refer to men (e.g. Catilina) or men’s professions (e.g. agricola, nauta…). There are no neuter gender nouns.

Notes on nominal morphology

We already know the importance of observing the endings of nouns in Latin, since that’s where the grammatical information is.

Indeed, it is casual endings we’ll have to analyze in order to determine the case of a noun (morphology). Knowing the case is crucial to know the syntactic function of that noun inside a sentence (syntax).

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This is precisely what morphosyntactic analysis consists of. Before translating into English, we have to analyze the Latin sentence: first the morphology of each word, then the syntax of the whole sentence. Soon enough we’ll be solving our first analysis and their corresponding translations!

Until that moment, and in order to be able to do it successfully, we have to learn by heart and know the table of the first declension perfectly. For that, I would recommend learning the endings together with a word, not just the endings.

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Course content

  1. Quick start
  2. Introduction
  3. Cases and their functions
  4. The five declensions
  5. First declension
  6. Verbal conjugation
  7. Present tense
  8. Second declension
  9. 2-1-2 adjectives
  10. Imperfect past tense
  11. Future tense
  12. Third declension nouns
  13. Third declension adjectives
  14. Perfect past tense
  15. Adverbials of place
  16. Fourth declension
  17. Fifth declension
  18. Pluperfect tense
  19. Possessives
  20. Personal pronouns
  21. Apposition
  22. Predicative complement
  23. Present subjunctive
  24. Imperfect subjunctive
  25. Perfect subjunctive
  26. Perfect future indicative
  27. Pluperfect subjunctive
  28. Syntax of cum
  29. Syntax of ut & ne
  30. Comparison of adjectives
  31. Superlative adjectives
  32. Adverbs from adjectives
  33. Demonstratives
  34. Relative clauses
  35. Passive voice
  36. Deponent verbs
  37. Relative time
  38. Participles: morphology
  39. Participles: syntax
  40. Infinitives
  41. Compounds of sum
  42. Irregular verbs
  43. Imperative

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