MM: Lesson - Latin I Review - Minor Parts of Speech

Latin I Review - Minor Parts of Speech

It is vital that the grammar from Latin I be used as a foundation for new learning in Latin II. Please carefully review each of the Parts of Speech. Verbs, nouns and adjectives are considered Major Parts of Speech, while adverbs, pronouns and prepositions are Minor Parts of Speech.

Minor Parts of Speech

1. Adverb - An adverb is a word that is used to describe a verb, an adjective or another adverb.
2. Pronoun - a subset of nouns which serve specific roles - personal, demonstrative, relative, interrogative, intensive, reflexive.
3. Preposition- a word which precedes a noun or pronoun and demonstrates a relationship between two concepts in the sentence. Prepositions in Latin govern only two cases, accusative and ablative.