| Learn the following words by heart | Nouns et al | Decl. et Syntax | English | Nouns et al | Decl. et Syntax | English | adiectivum | -i; N., 2D., n. | adjective | nauta | -ae; N., 1D., m. | sailor | adverbium | -i; N., 2D., n. | adverb | orbis | -is; N., 3D, m. | globe | agricola | -ae; N., 1D., m. | tiller | praepositio | -onis; N., 3D, f. | preposition | ancilla | -ae; N., 1D., f. | maid | prima | Adj. 1Cl., f. | first, 1a (1st), | ante | Prep. et Adv. | before | pronomen | -inis; N., 3D., f. | pronoun | appia | -ae; N., 1D., f. | appian | puella | -ae; N., 1D., f. | girl | aqua | -ae; N., 1D., f. | water | puer | -i; N., 2D, m. | boy | aurora | -ae; N., 1D., f. | dawn | pulchra | -ae; Adj. 1Cl., f. | beautiful | casa | -ae; N., 1D., f. | cottage | quem | Pron., m. | who, what | chaos | -i; N., 2D., n. | chaos | quod | Pron., n. | which, what | coniunctio | -onis; N., 3D., f. | conjugation | regina | -ae; N., 1D., f. | queen | declinatio | -onis; N., 3D., f. | declination | rosa | -ae; N., 1D., f. | rose | et | Conj. | and | silva | -ae; N., 1D., f. | forest, wood | femina | -ae; N., 1D., f. | woman | stella | -ae; N., 1D., f. | star | filia | -ae; N., 1D., f. | daughter | substantivum | Adj., 1Cl., n. | substantive | in | Prep. | in | terra | -ae; N., 1D., f. | land, earth | incola | -ae; N.,1D., m.& f. | inhabitant | toto | Adj. 1Cl., m. & n. | total | insula | -ae; N.,1D., f. | isle | verbum | -i; N., 2D., n. | verb | interiectio | -onis; N.,3D., f. | interjection | via | -ae; N., 1D., f. | road | mare | -is; N.,3D., n. | sea | videlicit | Adv. | evidently, that is | matrona | -ae; N,,1D., f. | matron | vultus | -us; N., 4D., f. | face | meridies | -ei; N.,5D., m & f. | midday | | | | natura | -ae; N.,1D., f. | nature | insomnia | | |
Abbreviations | adj. | Adjective | adv. | Adverb | | C. | Conjugation | Cl. | Class | conj. | Conjunction | D. | Declension | f. | Feminine gender | Ind. | Indicative | Irr. vb. | Irregular verb | m. | Masculine gender | n. | Neutral gender | N. or sub. | Noun, substantive | p. or Pres. | Present tense | | pl. | Plural | | ps. or pers. | person & number of a verb | | pron. | Pronoun | | sing. | Singular |
| VERBS | 1ps. sing. | Classification & Conjugation | English | Amo | Amo | amo, -as, -avi, -are; 1C. | love | Arant | Aro | aro, -as, -avi, -are; 1C. | plough | Dixere | Dico | dico, -is, dixi, -ere; 3C. | say | Erat | Sum | sum, es, fui, esse; Irr. verb | am | Vocat | Voco | voco, -as, -avi, -are; 1C. | call |
N.B.:- Dictionaries report verbs showing the first person singular of the present indicative tense in full, followed by the conjugation of the following tenses: 2nd Pers. sing. Pres. Ind. 1st Pers. sing. Perfect Ind. Present Infinitive Example: Amo = I love Amas = You (thou) love Amavi = I loved Amare = To love Summarising a verb in all its tenses is called: Paradigm; you can see examples in Lesson 2 and the Reference section of this web site. Likewise, listing the full declension of a noun is also a paradigm. The form just illustrated related to a verb listed in a dictionary is also a form of paradigm by convention. | |