DOM: Lesson - Nominative Case
Nominative Case
We will begin our exploration of Latin nouns by learning about the Nominative Case. The nominative case is used for subjects and predicate nominatives.
Video Lesson - Nominative Case
Much like social class, nouns in Latin have specific roles that they play in a sentence. Let's learn more about the nominative endings for nouns and how the nominative case functions in a Latin sentence. Help Decimus by learning about the Nominative Case in Latin.
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Nominative Endings Charts
| Gender | 1st Declension | 2nd Declension | 3rd Declension | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Masculine/Feminine | -a | -ae | -us (-er, -ir)* | -i | varies** | -es |
| Neuter | -um | -a | varies** | -a | ||
Nota bene:
- 1st declension has no neuter forms.
- *2nd declension masculine nouns will have only one of these three endings for their nominative singular; -us is the most common. Check your Domina Vocabulary Handout Links to an external site. to see the appropriate Nominative singular ending for each 2nd declension masculine noun.
- **There is no set Nominative singular ending for 3rd declension nominative singular, but it varies from noun to noun. Check your noun list to see the appropriate Nominative singular ending for each 3rd declension noun.