[3] Ending in -um:
No changes in either the singular or the plural i.e. -um
(singular), -a (plural)
[i] Singular: -um
Ōvum edō. | I (am) eat(ing) an egg.
Ūnum ōvum edō. | I (am) eat(ing) one egg.
[ii] Plural: -a
Ōva edō. | I (am) eat(ing) (the) eggs.
Duo ōva edō. | I (am) eat(ing) two eggs. [Note:
duo, not *dua*]
Multa ōva edō. | I (am) eat(ing) many eggs.
Exercise
(1) I’m eating an apple.
Māl_____ edō.
(2) I’m eating one apple.
Ūn_____ māl_____ edō.
(3) I buy apples.
Māl_____ emō.
(4) I buy two apples.
Du_____ māl_____ emō.
(5) I buy many apples.
Mult_____ māl_____ emō.
(6) I’m buying grain.
Frūment_____ emō.
(7) I’m cooking breakfast.
Ientācul_____ coquō.
(8) I’m holding two goblets.
Du_____ pōcul_____ teneō.
(9) I drink wine.
Vīn_____ bibō.
(10) I attack many towns.
Mult_____ oppid_____ oppugnō.
- frūmentum: grain
- ientāculum: breakfast
- mālum: apple
- oppidum: town
- pōculum: goblet
- vīnum: wine
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(1) Mālum edō.
(2) Ūnum mālum edō.
(3) Māla emō.
(4) Duo māla emō.
(5) Multa māla emō.
(6) Frūmentum emō.
(7) Ientāculum coquō.
(8) Duo pōcula teneō.
(9) Vīnum bibō.
(10) Multa oppida oppugnō.
