First Declension

• nouns whose stem ends in -a

• may also be recognized by the genitive singular -ae

Nominative: -a, -ae

Genitive: -ae, -arum

Dative: -ae, -īs

Accusative: -am, as

Ablative: -ā, īs

Sentence Structure:

• subject goes first

• verbs at the end

Form: the role of a word in a sentence

Subject: who/what does the verb (nominative)

Direct Object: has the verb done to it (accusative)

Verb: present tense (first conjunction)