Post by Countess on Sept 13, 2024 21:30:43 GMT
Rogue smiles at Niels' addition. "You don't say! Well, when we get further into the class itself, we should all see if we can help this nun as a group project," she offers him. "The more of us workin together, the better it will go, yeah?" she says, trying to let him, and the others in this class know, that she is here to support them.
Rogue stares plainly at Michael's hand, hoping he gets the message that she isn't going to call on him, and he should just speak. There is a faintly amused look on her face that only grows once he does ask his question. "Well, he used to have a different name, and I had to come up with somthin on the spot, yeah? I may know Latin, but sure as skunks smell, I am by no means a historian," she says, shrugging. Rogue doesn't seem all that upset at the idea of saying she is wrong or lacking in any way. Her pride is in other things.
"Now- Terra. It is a model for all Latin nouns that belong to the first declension, of which there are five in total. All nouns whose genitive ends in -ae are in this declension."
Terra, ae, land
Rogue writes this on the board, speaking as she does so. "The stem of any noun can be found by droppin the endin of the Genitive Singular, or the -ae. Now, you will always know what declension it belongs to. We start here."
Singular Plural Meaning Use
Nominative Terr-a Terr-ae land, the (a) land subject
Genitive Terr-ae Terr-arum of the (a) land possessive
Dative Terr-ae Terr-is to or for the (a) land indirect object
Accusative Terr-am Terr-as the (a) land direct object
Ablative Terr-a Terr-is by, with, from the (a) land
"Please, understand... all nouns naming individual male persons are masculine. Nauta, ae, a sailor, is masculine. Everything else is feminine. There is also no article, definite or indefinite, so no word for "the" or "a". That is why Terra means The or A Land, or even just land. Another fun fact- Latin has no W or Y- otherwise, it is the same as our alphabet. We will work on pronunciation as we go, and it will take time to learn.
"How are we doing?"
Rogue stares plainly at Michael's hand, hoping he gets the message that she isn't going to call on him, and he should just speak. There is a faintly amused look on her face that only grows once he does ask his question. "Well, he used to have a different name, and I had to come up with somthin on the spot, yeah? I may know Latin, but sure as skunks smell, I am by no means a historian," she says, shrugging. Rogue doesn't seem all that upset at the idea of saying she is wrong or lacking in any way. Her pride is in other things.
"Now- Terra. It is a model for all Latin nouns that belong to the first declension, of which there are five in total. All nouns whose genitive ends in -ae are in this declension."
Terra, ae, land
Rogue writes this on the board, speaking as she does so. "The stem of any noun can be found by droppin the endin of the Genitive Singular, or the -ae. Now, you will always know what declension it belongs to. We start here."
Singular Plural Meaning Use
Nominative Terr-a Terr-ae land, the (a) land subject
Genitive Terr-ae Terr-arum of the (a) land possessive
Dative Terr-ae Terr-is to or for the (a) land indirect object
Accusative Terr-am Terr-as the (a) land direct object
Ablative Terr-a Terr-is by, with, from the (a) land
"Please, understand... all nouns naming individual male persons are masculine. Nauta, ae, a sailor, is masculine. Everything else is feminine. There is also no article, definite or indefinite, so no word for "the" or "a". That is why Terra means The or A Land, or even just land. Another fun fact- Latin has no W or Y- otherwise, it is the same as our alphabet. We will work on pronunciation as we go, and it will take time to learn.
"How are we doing?"