27.07.24: Level 1: Maxey (6)

Epistulam habeō. Epistulam nautae ostendō. Nauta epistulam videt. Epistulam spectat. Est epistula nautae. Nauta epistulam cupit. Nautae epistulam dō. Nunc epistulam habet et laetus est. Mihi grātiās agit. Epistulam legit. In epistulā est pictūra. Nunc mihi pictūram mōnstrat.

[1] Find the noun in the text.

[2] What ending does the noun have?

[3] Why is that ending being used?

a.      The sailor sees the letter.

b.      I have a letter.

c.      I show [i] the letter [ii] to the sailor.

d.      It’s the sailor’s letter [= the letter ¦ of the sailor]

e.      It’s the letter of the sailor.

f.        I give [i] the letter [ii] to the sailor.

g.       There is a picture in the letter.

h.      There is a picture in the letter.

__________

Nominative: epistula

Genitive: epistulae

Dative: epistulae

Accusative: epistulam

Ablative: epistulā

__________

Match the case name with its use

Nominative:

Genitive:

Dative:

Accusative:

Ablative:

The ‘owner’ of something e.g. This is my brother’s friend.

Many uses including with prepositions such as ‘in’.

The direct object of a sentence e.g. I read a book.

The subject of the sentence or after the verb ‘to be’: The book belongs to me. It’s a book about history.

The indirect object of a sentence e.g. I give a book to a friend.