I usually do not glaze, but I simply cannot resist expressing my admiration for your exceptional talent as a Latin teacher. Your passion for the language shines through in every lesson, captivating even those who initially thought Latin was beyond their grasp. Your ability to make such a complex subject accessible and engaging is truly remarkable. The way you infuse history, culture, and literature into your teaching not only deepens our understanding of Latin but also enriches our overall learning experience. Your dedication to your students' progress is evident, and I am continually impressed by the creativity and enthusiasm you bring to the classroom. Thank you for being such an inspiring educator; your impact reaches far beyond the conjugations and declensions of Latin.
So let me get this straight: With 6 grammatical cases, 5 declensions and 3 genders, we have 6x5x3 = 90 possible forms for _each_ noun? **Runs away screaming**
+goomba008 Don't forget 2 numbers. But most of the declensions have the same forms for the genders, and the neuter isn't found in the first or fifth declension. So at most, 80 forms, with a *lot* of overlap. But that's for the entirety of Latin nouns. Each noun has essentially just 10 forms.
+latintutorial Thanks for the reply! Of course it's never as bad as when you look at the theoretical maximum but it's fun to calculate anyway. I wish there existed a language with no cases, no verb conjugations except for tense, no noun or adjective inflections (only number for nouns), and no declension groups of course ;). Esperanto, Ido and Interlingua came pretty close but all of them retain one difficulty or another (Esperanto has cases for nouns and adj, Ido marks the noun for accusative if placed before the verb, Interlinga has compound verb tenses). It would be close to the simplest form of Indo-European language you can get. Sorry for the off-topic tangent :)
Teacher, let me tell you how great you are!! I am studying Profficiency in Spanish and though I am a Spanish native speaker, Latin is not so simple... until I found your videos!!! I need to train my memory undoubtedly, but I have been able to understand several topics that had been complicated to me. Thank you so much for being such a great teacher!!!! Congratulations!!!! You get a giant A from me!!
I took Latin years ago and then quit because I couldn't understand. then last year Latin was mandatory again and I discovered these videos. Now I do latin by choice :D
I hate going back to this stuff. I'm 27 now, have been studying language and linguistics for about 12 years, yet somehow I managed to sneak around properly learning this. So it feels like trying to slip a new coaster under a big overflowing pint of unexamined assumptions and bad habits. Or as if I learned to ride a bike without handlebars first, and I'm frustrated with having to realize there are far better ways to steer a bike than with your butt cheeks. But it goes a very long way and is worth the effort. Great videos.
I remember when I first started Latin, and we learned to translate sentences with only one declension and one verb tense. Yes, those were the days. If all of Latin were that simple, I probably would've become fluent in my two years. Honestly, noun declension never really was that big of a problem. I don't know why people complain about it so much. The verbs were what really got me.
From latin stages to 1-13 I had some difficulties, so I'm going back looking for what I think I'm messing up at. But I don't know where I am confused at!! Because Latin stage 13 is difficult, Latiiiiiinnnn
It is just a special group of words that is so rare that they might as well be called irregular nouns, however some people still insist that they are a declension in themselves.
I’m taking Latin right now and my teacher dose not have the best way of explaining endings I have an exam tomorrow and this helped me understand so much better! Thank you!
Dear LatinTutorial, I have just very accidentally found your channel and it looks super! Where does one sensibly start with your videos? I am trying to pick up the language again after a 40 year absence from it in grammar school. Thank you!!
My Latin teacher started us off by asking us to draw an animal with a huge tail in our Wordlist Books and then write the phrase 'ASPICE CAUDAM' underneath. I didn't get on with Latin and gave up after a year to do woodwork instead... Now, after watching this video I now realise what he meant...
So, the concept of a 'declension' has no translation into English? English simply doesn't use them? It's not like a verb tense, it's more just a style of speech?
Right, there's two different pathways to answer this question, because "declension" has a couple of different meanings as a stand alone word: 1. It's the group a noun belongs to that helps us predict its ending. So in some ways, this is similar to how we do plural with certain nouns. girl/girls, boy/boys would go into one group that forms its plural with just an -s, while box/boxes would go in a different group with an -es, and ox/oxen or mouse/mice would be a separate group. 2. If you're referring to the idea of a declension is how a noun changes its ending based on how it's used in a sentence, then it's similar to I/mine/me, who/whose/whom or he/his/him in English. We use each of those separately based on whether it does the action, shows possession, or receives the action.
The 3rd declension covers all three genders, the first has only feminine, the second has two categories of endings, one masculine, and one neuter. As far as I can tell Latin has no gender neutral form.
@@harrydaville3598 you deserve to make fun of him cause he is asking a question for not knowing? , and if you are so good at Latin why do you need to be here?
I'm SLOWLY attempting to translate "The Giving Tree" back into English. These videos will help me go back to my notes and sort things out. Sometimes when I look a word up I can't find it and I know that I saw a video that Latin Tutorial made about that . This guy is awesome!!
I haven’t checked the video, but I was probably pretty careful to not state that there were *only* three declensions, just talk about the first three declensions. Declensions 4 and 5 are relatively uncommon and very related to the first three declensions.
but why does it use a 2 word system f0r the naming 0f things? & is it a rule that it is always 2 words i mean are there any that use 3 or 4 words as its classification system, i was staying in Indonesia in 2013 f0r 2 months and picked up some 0f their language which was rea1y quite easy t0 remember they speak in a forwards directi0n and backwards depending 0n what they want the sentence t0 mean they a1s0 have a 10t 0f d0ub1e words that mean different t0 the single word eg, Jalan = walking while jalan jalan = shopping, there are a lot of dutch words there as they were colonised by the Dutch and in Manado they speak very similar to Malaysian, i learned more about my own language (English) through learning the sentence structures and what they lack in terms of bridge words also they have no past,future or present tenses, its basically i go shop, where from you, instead of "i will go to the shop" or "where d0 you c0me from" ind0 bahasha/language dari mana? = fr0m where? saya pergi war0ung untuk r0k0k= i g0 sh0p f0r ciggerettes
declensions really confuse me. i started learning latin about a month ago using duolingo, and use the videos here for grammar but cases and declensions are being a problem for me. can someone help me out in anyway?
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I need help So, how do I tell exactly the declination of a noun, knowing that there are more declinations of the same type For example, the noun "lectus" It is at the fourth declination, singular right?
You'll want to use the genitive case form (which is almost always the second entry in the dictionary) to determine the declension. So: 1st declension: -ae 2nd declension: -ī 3rd declension: -is 4th declension: -ūs 5th declension: -eī Since it's "lectus, -ī" (or fully, "lectus, lectī"), that -ī ending in the genitive form tells us it's 2nd declension.
I think you are simplifying declensions and perhaps you will finish, but it is better to let students know. I am using the excellent text by Hans Orberg, which carefully introduces grammar with the text. I am supplementing with grammatical lessons only as far as the text progresses. Some corrections: The first declension is nearly all made of feminine nouns (andadjectives) ending in a, with the accusative ending in genitive in ae, the accusative in and ablative in o/is. However the second declension consists of masculine nouns ending predominantly in us (accusative u ) with words ending on r and er. There are also neuters ending in um.l The all have five major cases. It is helpful to memorize these first two declensions , Four or,five cases,along with reading Orberg’s story/text, along with some supplemental texts. This is Latin the natural way. Using an engaging story while using only the grammar in the text. I for one m memorizing 1st and 2nd declensions in 5 cases for the first five chapters and just starting the ablative and ignoring the dative for now There are actually five declensions eventually. This works for me, slowly. I was fluent in French I’m ome,year at 7-8 and was fluent in Japanese at 3. Gal,od lick amd please,realize,there is an ecclesiastical,pronunciation , much like Italian, with brilliant writing and of course music, with a long history.
Ego laudit tu Sorry if I did it wrong. I haven’t learned the word laudat yet. Also I’m really dumb in Latin. I was supposed to translate too I praise you.
Can somebody HELP me, please ? I am quite confused when it comes to l'accent aigu/ Acute accent. Take for example the latin word Femina and its letter e. What is the proper way of writing it? I can see, even in books, Fémina ( acute), Fēmina ( macron) or even simply Femina without any diacritical mark. I understand it's meaning. the e in fēmina should be pronounced like /e:/, it is basically marking the long vowel. But once again what is the correct way of writing it ? Are the long vowels marked by Acute or Macron or even by something else? Thank you for your time. I eagerly await your prompt reply.
By speaking a phonetic language, it is easier for me to pronounce in latin. I have studied latin in school for one year, and I have studied the first 3 declensions and I wanted to know why you did not present the entire forms for the declensions ( Genitice, dative, ablative and vocative)
+Matt 1503 This is about as basic a video for English speakers, especially adolescents, who aren't familiar with an inflected language or the idea of noun grammar. In my own teaching experience, something like this is necessary, so you don't overwhelm learners with all the other cases. Thanks for the question!
@@latintutorial Thanks so much! I really only decided to learn Latin today haha😅 heard it and just loved the sound of it off the bat! So I went on the look for substances and bumped into this video but I still don't quite know where to start :/
Of course, but shhhh! I try to hide this fact for beginners because they always seem to freak out about declensions. Lots of textbooks disguise this fact, because when you're dealing with just nominative and accusative, the 4th looks like the 2nd, the 5th like the 3rd.
Unfortunately we english speakers are shit out of luck when it comes to making sense of declensions. This is really easy for me but I was taught Polish as a child and there are 7/8 cases in Polish and too many exceptions to the rules. Given this Latin is actually easy to learn.
only 6 possible endings per noun. The gender and number is determined by the noun already. Each noun is declined by only one declension pattern so only 6 possibilities per noun. (If you want to count singular and plural together, it would 12 possible endings per noun)
You should look at the genitive case when determining the declension number of a noun (i.e., femina, feminae is 1st declension, servus, servī is 2nd declension). This video covers the fact that nouns decline at all, which is a huge learning concept for native English speakers, focusing on the two most common cases, the nominative and accusative.
filia = daughter, filius = son There do exist words like these, where the difference in gender makes them jump between 1st/2nd declensions. And there are words that break the general declension rule, but they are rare exceptions.
Interestingly, different names for all the declensions are used in Germany. I learned puella as a-declension, servus as o-declination masculine, templum as o-declension neutral, and senator as consonant declension.
@@ivanc.l.3580 Well, Latin uses cases to determine the role of nouns, while other languages like English and Spanish use word order and prepositions. So it's relatively important and, in all honesty, obligatory for understanding Latin.
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I usually do not glaze, but I simply cannot resist expressing my admiration for your exceptional talent as a Latin teacher. Your passion for the language shines through in every lesson, captivating even those who initially thought Latin was beyond their grasp. Your ability to make such a complex subject accessible and engaging is truly remarkable. The way you infuse history, culture, and literature into your teaching not only deepens our understanding of Latin but also enriches our overall learning experience. Your dedication to your students' progress is evident, and I am continually impressed by the creativity and enthusiasm you bring to the classroom. Thank you for being such an inspiring educator; your impact reaches far beyond the conjugations and declensions of Latin.
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So let me get this straight: With 6 grammatical cases, 5 declensions and 3 genders, we have 6x5x3 = 90 possible forms for _each_ noun? **Runs away screaming**
+goomba008 Don't forget 2 numbers. But most of the declensions have the same forms for the genders, and the neuter isn't found in the first or fifth declension. So at most, 80 forms, with a *lot* of overlap. But that's for the entirety of Latin nouns. Each noun has essentially just 10 forms.
+latintutorial Thanks for the reply! Of course it's never as bad as when you look at the theoretical maximum but it's fun to calculate anyway.
I wish there existed a language with no cases, no verb conjugations except for tense, no noun or adjective inflections (only number for nouns), and no declension groups of course ;). Esperanto, Ido and Interlingua came pretty close but all of them retain one difficulty or another (Esperanto has cases for nouns and adj, Ido marks the noun for accusative if placed before the verb, Interlinga has compound verb tenses). It would be close to the simplest form of Indo-European language you can get. Sorry for the off-topic tangent :)
+goomba008 You're looking at Mandarin Chinese there. :)
That's a piece of cake! My native language has 15 grammatical cases. There are well over 2000 possible forms for each noun.
What crazy language is that?!
Teacher, let me tell you how great you are!! I am studying Profficiency in Spanish and though I am a Spanish native speaker, Latin is not so simple... until I found your videos!!! I need to train my memory undoubtedly, but I have been able to understand several topics that had been complicated to me. Thank you so much for being such a great teacher!!!! Congratulations!!!! You get a giant A from me!!
I took Latin years ago and then quit because I couldn't understand. then last year Latin was mandatory again and I discovered these videos. Now I do latin by choice :D
watching this an hour before my test which i have hardly studied for.
wish me luck, im definitely gonna need it.
I wish I knew this channel existed during Highschool and Middleschool. I literally slept during class.
Just started Latin by Henle. Your tutorial is a big help. Thank you
I hate going back to this stuff. I'm 27 now, have been studying language and linguistics for about 12 years, yet somehow I managed to sneak around properly learning this.
So it feels like trying to slip a new coaster under a big overflowing pint of unexamined assumptions and bad habits. Or as if I learned to ride a bike without handlebars first, and I'm frustrated with having to realize there are far better ways to steer a bike than with your butt cheeks.
But it goes a very long way and is worth the effort. Great videos.
You have a great calm voice and explain things well.
Omg I was so confused about Declensions but this is super easy!! Thank you so much you are a life saver!!!
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I remember when I first started Latin, and we learned to translate sentences with only one declension and one verb tense. Yes, those were the days. If all of Latin were that simple, I probably would've become fluent in my two years.
Honestly, noun declension never really was that big of a problem. I don't know why people complain about it so much. The verbs were what really got me.
I'm so glad that I found this channel. It helps me a lot. Thank you!
Awesome video. That was a very simple and clear explanation. I came back to this video because of Duolingo.
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That's a great explanation of declensions!
I love how you still read the comments, even though you posted this 7 years ago.
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In many ways I am?
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Hi, do you recommend any particular Latin grammar book?
jl a I do, try Wheelock’s latin. Relatively good at explaining as long as you read each chapter thoroughly
I'm italian and I regularly study latin at school, I'm pretty sure that the declensions are five and not three. What about the last two?
From latin stages to 1-13 I had some difficulties, so I'm going back looking for what I think I'm messing up at. But I don't know where I am confused at!! Because Latin stage 13 is difficult, Latiiiiiinnnn
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Hope this helped!
spoilers, there are 5 declensions! CLC hides the two for later :)
The word "civis" is not on my list-of-things-to-learn-first-in-latin. And, if I am not mistaken, there are six.
Sixth is so rare it might as well just be called irregular. By the end of the CLC there will be a noun table with 5 specific declensions.
kevin131313c There is no sixth declension.
It is just a special group of words that is so rare that they might as well be called irregular nouns, however some people still insist that they are a declension in themselves.
No, sorry, there is no sixth declension. Whoever told you this has no idea what they are doing.
I’m taking Latin right now and my teacher dose not have the best way of explaining endings I have an exam tomorrow and this helped me understand so much better! Thank you!
Dear LatinTutorial, I have just very accidentally found your channel and it looks super! Where does one sensibly start with your videos? I am trying to pick up the language again after a 40 year absence from it in grammar school. Thank you!!
Watching this right before my Latin exams boiiiiiii
Good luck!
My Latin teacher started us off by asking us to draw an animal with a huge tail in our Wordlist Books and then write the phrase 'ASPICE CAUDAM' underneath.
I didn't get on with Latin and gave up after a year to do woodwork instead...
Now, after watching this video I now realise what he meant...
*Thank you!* Very helpful as I torture myself through Duolino's Latin course (in Beta right now so no doubt some fine-tuning lies ahead.)
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So, the concept of a 'declension' has no translation into English? English simply doesn't use them?
It's not like a verb tense, it's more just a style of speech?
Right, there's two different pathways to answer this question, because "declension" has a couple of different meanings as a stand alone word:
1. It's the group a noun belongs to that helps us predict its ending. So in some ways, this is similar to how we do plural with certain nouns. girl/girls, boy/boys would go into one group that forms its plural with just an -s, while box/boxes would go in a different group with an -es, and ox/oxen or mouse/mice would be a separate group.
2. If you're referring to the idea of a declension is how a noun changes its ending based on how it's used in a sentence, then it's similar to I/mine/me, who/whose/whom or he/his/him in English. We use each of those separately based on whether it does the action, shows possession, or receives the action.
AYO TIME TO BINGE THIS IN 1 NIGHT! but thanks man this video is really helpful
Please recommend a text book and a work book so I can teach myself Latin
Wheelock’s Latin
I wish I had found these videos before 5 minutes before my exam 😵
What about the 4th and 5th declensions?
Thank you my Latin grade shall be saved
Thanks for all these videos, they are very helpful :)
so is the 3rd declension a gender neutral term? what does the 3rd declension cover?
The 3rd declension has masculine, feminine, and neuter nouns.
The 3rd declension covers all three genders, the first has only feminine, the second has two categories of endings, one masculine, and one neuter. As far as I can tell Latin has no gender neutral form.
thats what i thought
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@@harrydaville3598 you deserve to make fun of him cause he is asking a question for not knowing? , and if you are so good at Latin why do you need to be here?
Decided to become a nurse. Cool. now Latin is my life
You are so lucky. Welcome to the club!
amazing video!
A question?? The sentences that you use for you examples . Are they from a text or constructed form your on studies??? thank you
Really helpful!! Do you think you can make a video on easy ways to translate English to Latin?
I'm SLOWLY attempting to translate "The Giving Tree" back into English. These videos will help me go back to my notes and sort things out. Sometimes when I look a word up I can't find it and I know that I saw a video that Latin Tutorial made about that .
This guy is awesome!!
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Spoiler alert: there's also a second declension neuter with completely different endings, and fourth and fifth declensions.
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Sir here you say that there are only 3 declensions, but in other videos and online there are 5?
I haven’t checked the video, but I was probably pretty careful to not state that there were *only* three declensions, just talk about the first three declensions. Declensions 4 and 5 are relatively uncommon and very related to the first three declensions.
but why does it use a 2 word system f0r the naming 0f things? & is it a rule that it is always 2 words i mean are there any that use 3 or 4 words as its classification system, i was staying in Indonesia in 2013 f0r 2 months and picked up some 0f their language which was rea1y quite easy t0 remember they speak in a forwards directi0n and backwards depending 0n what they want the sentence t0 mean they a1s0 have a 10t 0f d0ub1e words that mean different t0 the single word eg, Jalan = walking while jalan jalan = shopping, there are a lot of dutch words there as they were colonised by the Dutch and in Manado they speak very similar to Malaysian, i learned more about my own language (English) through learning the sentence structures and what they lack in terms of bridge words also they have no past,future or present tenses, its basically i go shop, where from you, instead of "i will go to the shop" or "where d0 you c0me from" ind0 bahasha/language dari mana? = fr0m where? saya pergi war0ung untuk r0k0k= i g0 sh0p f0r ciggerettes
1:31 Not all 3rd declension nouns work like that.
For example crīmen, crīminis has accusative singular (Acc Sin) crīmen.
Good thing that French is derived from latin , its not so foreign for me and is easy to understand ! :D
okay but what about words like corpus
PIE declension tended to be more regular and the particles that became the endings were more visible.
declensions really confuse me. i started learning latin about a month ago using duolingo, and use the videos here for grammar but cases and declensions are being a problem for me. can someone help me out in anyway?
but what are the infinite endings
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I need help
So, how do I tell exactly the declination of a noun, knowing that there are more declinations of the same type
For example, the noun "lectus"
It is at the fourth declination, singular right?
You'll want to use the genitive case form (which is almost always the second entry in the dictionary) to determine the declension. So:
1st declension: -ae
2nd declension: -ī
3rd declension: -is
4th declension: -ūs
5th declension: -eī
Since it's "lectus, -ī" (or fully, "lectus, lectī"), that -ī ending in the genitive form tells us it's 2nd declension.
@@latintutorial thanks for explaining! I'll figure it out
Why is 'corpus' categorised as 3rd declension when its accusative form is still just 'corpus'?
Neuter words like corpus have the same form in the nominative and accusative cases.
I think you are simplifying declensions and perhaps you will finish, but it is better to let students know.
I am using the excellent text by Hans Orberg, which carefully introduces grammar with the text. I am supplementing with grammatical lessons only as far as the text progresses.
Some corrections: The first declension is nearly all made of feminine nouns (andadjectives) ending in a, with the accusative ending in genitive in ae, the accusative in and ablative in o/is. However the second declension consists of masculine nouns ending predominantly in us (accusative u ) with words ending on r and er. There are also neuters ending in um.l
The all have five major cases. It is helpful to memorize these first two declensions , Four or,five cases,along with reading Orberg’s story/text, along with some supplemental texts. This is Latin the natural way. Using an engaging story while using only the grammar in the text. I for one m memorizing 1st and 2nd declensions in 5 cases for the first five chapters and just starting the ablative and ignoring the dative for now
There are actually five declensions eventually. This works for me, slowly. I was fluent in French I’m ome,year at 7-8 and was fluent in Japanese at 3. Gal,od lick amd please,realize,there is an ecclesiastical,pronunciation , much like Italian, with brilliant writing and of course music, with a long history.
Thank you for explaining
i thought the column names were ;
1 declension femenine
2 declension masculine
2 declension nueter
Thank you, very useful!
Who else is here before a Latin test
Ego laudit tu
Sorry if I did it wrong. I haven’t learned the word laudat yet. Also I’m really dumb in Latin. I was supposed to translate too I praise you.
I wasn’t going to correct you because I got the idea, and appreciated the effort! “Ego tē laudō”.
latintutorial Oh ok, thank you.
I've found these tutorials tremendously helpful! thank you
Can somebody HELP me, please ? I am quite confused when it comes to l'accent aigu/ Acute accent. Take for example the latin word Femina and its letter e. What is the proper way of writing it? I can see, even in books, Fémina ( acute), Fēmina ( macron) or even simply Femina without any diacritical mark. I understand it's meaning. the e in fēmina should be pronounced like /e:/, it is basically marking the long vowel. But once again what is the correct way of writing it ? Are the long vowels marked by Acute or Macron or even by something else?
Thank you for your time. I eagerly await your prompt reply.
lmao prompt reply
Thanks! This is great!
By speaking a phonetic language, it is easier for me to pronounce in latin. I have studied latin in school for one year, and I have studied the first 3 declensions and I wanted to know why you did not present the entire forms for the declensions ( Genitice, dative, ablative and vocative)
+Matt 1503 This is about as basic a video for English speakers, especially adolescents, who aren't familiar with an inflected language or the idea of noun grammar. In my own teaching experience, something like this is necessary, so you don't overwhelm learners with all the other cases. Thanks for the question!
latintutorial Thank you for your answer. If my latin teacher had known this, she wouldn't have been so harsh and ask me to translate biblical writings
My goal is that I'm able to speak Latin fluently, wish me luck! 😆😆
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Do you know any good latin dictionary sources?
Coming from Duolingo .. doing it for fun but now I'm stuck.. thankfully this was made 8 years ago lol 😂
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is this vulgar latin or classical latin?
Pronunciation is the Classical Latin of around 100 BC - AD 100, but the grammar is effectively just Latin.
@@latintutorial Thanks so much! I really only decided to learn Latin today haha😅 heard it and just loved the sound of it off the bat! So I went on the look for substances and bumped into this video but I still don't quite know where to start :/
I am am actually more confused than before I watched the video. Aren't these just cases?
Edit: Are not these words simply suffixes?
so sad we have no declensions in chinese...
@@kevinstachovak8842 you should learn kanji before learning tones...
我 wo3 me 卧 wo4 lie down
There is also 4th and 5th declension. 😉
Of course, but shhhh! I try to hide this fact for beginners because they always seem to freak out about declensions. Lots of textbooks disguise this fact, because when you're dealing with just nominative and accusative, the 4th looks like the 2nd, the 5th like the 3rd.
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Unfortunately we english speakers are shit out of luck when it comes to making sense of declensions. This is really easy for me but I was taught Polish as a child and there are 7/8 cases in Polish and too many exceptions to the rules. Given this Latin is actually easy to learn.
only 6 possible endings per noun. The gender and number is determined by the noun already. Each noun is declined by only one declension pattern so only 6 possibilities per noun. (If you want to count singular and plural together, it would 12 possible endings per noun)
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My professor said to look at the Genitive case.
You should look at the genitive case when determining the declension number of a noun (i.e., femina, feminae is 1st declension, servus, servī is 2nd declension). This video covers the fact that nouns decline at all, which is a huge learning concept for native English speakers, focusing on the two most common cases, the nominative and accusative.
Romanian grammar helps me to grasp it easily
This was incredibly helpful, bless!
3:05 Because it would be too easy to learn then I suppose.
God bless the agglutinative languages. Seriously.
Hey is there a latin grammar learning order ? the videos seems messy
You said words won’t jump declensions and yet I see Filiam in the first and filium in the 2nd isn’t fili the same stem? What am I missing lol
filia = daughter, filius = son
There do exist words like these, where the difference in gender makes them jump between 1st/2nd declensions. And there are words that break the general declension rule, but they are rare exceptions.
This ain't that hard for me as a native Slovak speaker, we also have 6 cases and 3 genders.
Interestingly, different names for all the declensions are used in Germany. I learned puella as a-declension, servus as o-declination masculine, templum as o-declension neutral, and senator as consonant declension.
I know I am 3 years late but this isn't obligatory, right?
Define the "this"?
@@latintutorial Declension
@@ivanc.l.3580 Well, Latin uses cases to determine the role of nouns, while other languages like English and Spanish use word order and prepositions. So it's relatively important and, in all honesty, obligatory for understanding Latin.
@@latintutorial Thank you very much!
really helped
The reasons declensions exist are also true for most Slavic languages, including Ukrainian.
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