Nominatives
The Nominative case in Latin functions nearly identically to the Nominative case in English.
Nominative Case Endings
|
1st Fem. |
2nd Masc. |
2nd Neut. |
3rd M. & F. |
3rd Neut. |
4th Masc. |
4th Neut. |
5th Fem. |
Sing. |
a (short) |
us, r (short) |
um (short) |
-- |
-- |
us (short) |
u (long) |
es (long) |
Plur. |
ae (dipthong) |
i (long) |
a (short) |
es (long) |
a (short) |
us (long) |
ua (short) |
es (long) |
- Answers the question "who" or "what?"
- The subject of a finite verb is always in the nominative.
- Copulative (linking) verbs take a predicate nominative to rename the subject, as in English.
- O followed by a nominative denotes a characteristic.
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