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[7] In
angulō hortī sunt ulmī. In ulmīs corvī nīdificant. Corvōs
libenter spectō, cum circum nīdōs suōs volitant. Magnus est numerus corvōrum
in hortō patruī meī; multī mergī super ōceanum volitant. Vōs, mergī,
libenter spectō, cum super ōceanum volitātis et praedam captātis. Ōceanus mergīs
cibum dat. Patruum meum hortus et agellus suus dēlectant; in agellō sunt equī
et vaccae et porcī et gallī gallīnaeque. Lȳdia gallōs gallīnāsque cūrat. Nōn procul ab agellō est vīcus, ubi rusticī habitant. Nōnnullī ex rusticīs agellum cum equīs et vaccīs et porcīs
cūrant.
The highlighted
nouns show all the endings of the plural of the 2nd declension nouns
in -us; most nouns ending in -us are masculine but the author also chooses ulmus
(elm tree); the names of trees in Latin are feminine, but the endings are still
the same.
Nominative
In angulō
hortī sunt ulmī │in the corner of the garden (there) are elm trees
corvī
nīdificant │the crows make (their) nests
multī mergī
… volitant │Many seagulls … are flying
in agellō
sunt equī … et porcī et gallī │ on the plot of land /
small farm (there) are horses … and pigs and roosters
rusticī
habitant │the country folk live
Vocative
Most people
don’t talk directly to seagulls, but the author includes it to show that, in
the plural, the vocative is the same as the nominative:
Vōs, mergī,
… │ You, seagulls … (yes, I’m talking to you), but if the Romans were talking
to slaves, that’s what they would use:
Vōs, servī
…
Genitive
Magnus est
numerus ¦ corvōrum │ There is a great number ¦ of crows
Dative
Ōceanus mergīs
cibum dat. │The ocean gives food to the seagulls.
Accusative
Corvōs
libenter spectō, cum circum nīdōs suōs volitant. │I like watching
the crows when they are flying around their nests.
Lȳdia gallōs … cūrat. │Lydia takes care of the roosters
Ablative
Nōnnullī ex rusticīs …. │ Some of [literally: out of] the country
folk …
… agellum cum
equīs … et porcīs cūrant. │…look after the farm (together)
with the horses and the pigs.
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Latin_for_beginners_(1911)/Part_II/Lesson_IX
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Latin_for_beginners_(1911)/Part_II/Lesson_X
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