24.08.24: Level 1; eating and drinking

I’m not going to say much about the image because all the names for the foods have been covered in earlier posts:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/latinforstarters/permalink/496563569621583/

Other posts have been published recently.

Similarly, information concerning the declension of these nouns has been given many times and the FB links are posted below.

What’s particularly useful about a fairly small list like this is that it can provide practice in a particular case ending, namely the accusative, by answering the questions:

Quid edis? │ What do you eat? > __________ edō │ I eat  __________

Quid bibis? │ What do you drink? >  __________ bibō │ I drink __________

What you eat or drink is in the accusative case that describes the direct object of the action i.e. the person or thing that is experiencing the action of the verb.

This is what the image is expecting you to do since it includes both the nominative and accusative cases of the nouns:

1^st declension

[i] Singular

olīva, -ae [1/f]: olive

olīvam edō: I eat an olive

[ii] Plural

ūva, -ae [1/f]: grape

ūvās edō: I eat grapes

2^nd declension

[i] Singular (masculine)

caseus, -ī [2/m]: cheese

caseum edō: I eat cheese

[ii] Plural (masculine)

From an earlier post:

artolaganus, -ī [2/m]: “pancake”

artolaganōs edō: I eat pancakes

[iii] Singular (neuter)

vīnum, -ī [2/n]: wine

vīnum [no change] bibō: I drink wine

[iv] Plural (neuter)

ōvum, -ī [2/n]: egg

ōva edō: I eat eggs

Links to posts on the 1^st and 2^nd declension are here:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/latinforstarters/permalink/470683238876283/

3^rd declension

https://www.facebook.com/groups/latinforstarters/permalink/469497705661503/

[i] Singular (masculine and feminine)

pānis, -is [3/m]: bread

carō, carnis [3/f]: meat

pānem edō: I eat bread

carnem edō: I eat meat

[ii] Plural (masculine and feminine)

nux, nucis [3/f]: nut

nucēs edō: I eat nuts

[i] Singular (neuter)

lac, lactis [3/n]: milk

lac [no change in the accusative] bibō: I drink milk

[ii] Plural (neuter)

Not in the image but illustrates the point:

holus, holeris [3/n]: vegetable

holera edō: I eat vegetables