Lesson 3 - First Declension Nouns

Nouns of the first declension have -ae as the genitive singular ending.

To decline a first declension noun, first isolate the base/stem by removing the ending from the genitive singular form; then to the base add the following endings:

                                  Singular                  Plural

Nominative               -a                            -ae

Genitive                    -ae                          -arum

Dative                       -ae                          -is

Accusative                -am                         -as

Ablative                    -ā                            -is

Vocative                   -a                            -ae

Our model is rosa, -ae (rose)

                        SINGULAR    TRANSLATIONS

N                     rosa                 the/a rose

G                     rosae                of the rose/ rose’s

D                     rosae                to/for the rose

Ac                    rosam              the rose (direct object)

Ab                   rosā                 by/in/with/from the rose

V                     rosa                 o, rose

                        PLURAL

N                     rosae                the roses

G                     rosarum           of the roses/ roses’

D                     rosis                to/for the roses

Ac                    rosas                the roses (direct object)

Ab                   rosis                by/in/with/from the roses

V                     rosae                o, roses

Note 4 - Most of the first declension nouns are feminine. It has few masculine nouns.


VOCABULARY
In addition to the vocabulary words listed in pp. 4-5 of the latin exercise book, study the following:


cena - f. supper, dinner
culpa - f. blame, fault
doctrina - f. teaching, doctrine
ecclesia - f. church, assembly
familia - f. family, household
gratia - f. grace, favor, credit; pl., thanks
hora - f. hour
missa - f. mass
papa - m. pope