20.04.26: Level 1 (review); introduction to numbers and nominative plurals [iv]; video #4

[1] Summary of the forms of ūnus, duo and trēs

I: ūnus (masculine) ūna (feminine) ūnum (neuter)

II: duo (masculine) duae (feminine) duo (neuter)

III: trēs (masculine) trēs (feminine) tria (neuter)

[2] In pictūrā sunt … │ In the picture are …

IV: quattuor equī / puellae / templa │ four horses / girls / temples

V: quīnque puerī / viae / pōcula │ five boys / streets / drinking cups

[3] For most Latin numbers from four onwards, the number does not agree in gender and is normally indeclinable.

IV: quattuor equī [I - V = 1 away from 5 = 4]

V: quīnque puellae

VI: sex viae [V + I = 6]

VII: septem templa [V + II = 5 + 2 = 7]

VIII: octō puerī [V + III = 5 + 3 = 8]

IX: novem librī [I - X = 1 away from 10 = 9; you sometimes see VIIII]

X: decem pōcula

[4] In the singular multus (masculine), multa (feminine) and multum (neuter) means ‘much / a lot of’; in the plural multī (masculine), multae (feminine) and multa (neuter) means ‘many’:

multī equī │ many horses

multae puellae │ many girls

multa pōcula │ many drinking cups