17.04.26: Level 1 (review); introduction to numbers and nominative plurals [iii]; video #3

Video #3: Numbers 1–3 and 2nd declension neuter nouns

[1] 2^nd declension nouns in -um: neuter

templum │ temple / a temple / the temple

pōculum │ drinking cup / a drinking cup / the drinking cup

[2] ūnum is used with neuter nouns

ūnum templum │ one temple

ūnum pōculum

[3] duo is used with neuter nouns (i.e. the same as the masculine nouns)

duo templa  │ two temples

duo pōcula

[4] tria is used with neuter nouns

tria templa │ three temples

tria pōcula

[5] The plural of 2^nd declension nouns in -um is -a

-um > -a

templum > templa

[6] Practice Sentences

Quot templa sunt in pictūrā?

In pictūrā est ūnum templum.

In pictūrā sunt duo templa.

In pictūrā sunt tria templa.

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In pictūrā est ūnum pōculum.

In pictūrā sunt duo pōcula.

In pictūrā sunt tria pōcula.

In the last image of the video, you see three wine cups – but it’s the same wine cup that can change colour. How did the Romans manage that?