Noun Declensions

Lesson 1 Nouns are in the First Declension of Nouns.

A Declension is the many forms of a noun which indicate its Case, Number, Gender, and Use.

First Declension Nouns follow the same endings. The ending of a noun identifies its Case, Number, Gender, and Use in a sentence.

First Declension nouns are grouped in the category of Feminine nouns, according to their endings. Almost all of First Declension nouns are feminine in gender.

Galba, agricola, and nautica are Masculine nouns, even though they have Feminine noun endings.

Noun endings are added to a base word as follows:

Galba = Galb + a agricola = agricol + a nautica = naut + a

Galba, agricola, and nautica end in the letter -a and fall under the Nominative Case of Nouns.

The following chart shows the Declension of Lesson 1 nouns in their singular forms:

Case:

Nominative Galba agricola nauta

Genitive Galbae agricolae nautae

Dative Galbae agricolae nautae

Accusative Galbam agricolam nautam

Ablative Galba agricola nauta

	Created by SL Rowell over 4 years ago

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