Fill the gaps with the accusative form of the word in brackets (for
more help see the table below):
As object
Domina ................
in culina non amat.
The mistress does not like tasks in the kitchen.
(opus, oper-)
Dominus ...............
in agro videt.
The master sees the slave in the field.
(servus, serv-)
Servus non opera sed ................
desiderat.
The slave does not desire tasks but wine.
(vinum, vin-)
Eheu! Felis ...................
muris portat.
Ah! The cat is carrying the body of a mouse.
(corpus, corpor-)
Domina ............... non
amat.
The mistress doesn’t like mice.
(mus, mur-)
Domina ................
increpat.
The mistress scolds the cat.
(felis, fel-)
Felis ................ videt
et fugit.
The cat sees the dog and flees.
(canis, can-)
Servus neque ....................
neque muscas amat.
The slave doesn’t like either wasps or flies.
(vespa, vesp-)
Servus ....................
e culina fugat.
The slave chases the wasp out of the kitchen
(vespa, vesp-)
Servus ....................
et ....................... et ....................... et saepe curat sed
hodie in culina laborat.
The slave often looks after the cows, pigs and dogs,
but today he is working in the kitchen.
(vacca, vacc-; porcus, porc-; canis, can-)
Object of motion:
Ancilla in ..................
ambulat.
The maid walks into the kitchen.
(culina, culin-)
Length of time:
Multas ...................
in culina laborat.
He works for many hours in the kitchen.
(hora, hor-)
Exclamation:
.................... miserum!
Poor slave!
(servus, serv-)
Accusative and infinitive:
Dominus .........................
in agro esse dicit.
The master says that the farmer is (the farmer to
be) in the field..
(agricola, agricol-)
Two accusatives with verbs of asking,
hiding and teaching:
Agricola ......................
...................... rogat.
The farmer asks the merchant for some gold.
(mercator, mercator-; aurum, aur-)
Miles ...................
................... celat.
The soldier hides the wounds from the maid.
(vulnus, vulner-; ancilla, ancill-)
Domina ....................
...................... docet
The mistress teaches the maids the duties.
(ancilla, ancill-; opus, oper-)
With passive verbs:
Domina ...................
induta in culinam intrat.
The mistress, having put on a cloak, enters the kitchen.
(amiculum, amicul-)
Common endings of
the accusative:
| Nominative (subject forms) |
Accusative ending
|
| |
singular |
plural |
vespa (wasp), musca (fly), vacca
(cow), hora (hour),
agricola (farmer), domina (mistress), ancilla (maid) |
-am |
-as |
| taurus (bull), equus (horse),
porcus (pig), mulus (mule), dominus (master), servus
(slave), liber/libr- (book), puer/puer- (boy) |
-um |
-os |
| aurum (gold), vinum (wine), amiculum
(cloak) |
as nom. |
-a |
| felis/fel- (cat), canis/can- (dog),
mus/mur- (mouse), miles/milit- (soldier), mercator/mercator-
(merchant) |
-em |
-es |
opus/oper- (task), onus/oner- (burden),
facinus/facinor- (crime), vulnus/vulner- (wound) |
as nom. |
-a |
| manus (hand), spiritus (ghost),
exercitus (army) |
-um |
-us |
Watch out for other functions of these endings!
|
Singular
|
|
|
-am
|
"I may/shall...." (e.g. audiam) |
|
-um
|
Subject/nominative (e.g. vinum) |
|
-em
|
"I may...." (e.g. amem,
parem) |
|
-us
|
Subject/nominative (e.g. annus,
tempus,
manus) |
|
Plural
|
|
|
-as
|
"You...." (e.g. amas,
audiebas) |
|
-os
|
Occasional nominative singular (e.g. sacerdos) |
|
-es
|
Nouns with this ending in the accusative have
the same ending -es in the nominative. |
|
-us
|
Subject/nominative (annus,
tempus,
manus) |
|
-a
|
Nouns with this ending in the accusative have
the same ending -a in the nominative. |
|
