Expertlatin
- What are the two rules for neuter nouns?
- What is the nominative neuter?
- What is the rule for adjective endings in German?
- What are the neuter rules in Latin?
What are the two rules for neuter nouns?
There are four important rules to remember here: (1) neuter nominatives and accusative forms are always the same; (2) an adjective agrees with the noun it modifies in number, gender and case; (3) the base of the Latin verb “to be” is es- or sometimes su-; (4) a substantive derives its substance from its gender.
What is the nominative neuter?
Nominative Forms of Adjectives
Just as the dictionary form of the noun is the Nominative Singular, so it is also for the adjectival form. Usually, the adjectives have a Nominative Singular masculine followed by either feminine and then neuter, or just neuter in words where the masculine is also the feminine form.
What is the rule for adjective endings in German?
It's also the simplest one – there are only two endings: -e and –en. The German adjective ending -e is used in the nominative singular (all genders) and accusative singular (feminine and neuter). The -en ending is used everywhere else. (Notice that all plural forms take -en.)
What are the neuter rules in Latin?
Remember the Neuter Rule: The Nominative and the Accusative are always alike, and in the plural end in -a. Remember: i) The Accusative singular always ends in -m for masculine and feminine nouns. ii) The Ablative singular always ends in a vowel.
