Year 9
Year 9

The Genitive Case 1: Noun Phrases

Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will look at a new case, called the genitive.
  2. Genitive of possession
  3. partitive genitive (with e.g. mille, multum, plus and superlatives)

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7 Questions

Q1.
What is the definition of the genitive?
Does the verb
Correct answer: Possession, part, description
Receives the verb
Q2.
With what English word do you translate the genitive?
from
Correct answer: of
Q3.
Which THREE of these nouns are in the genitive case?
Correct answer: amici
amicus
iuvenem
puella
Correct answer: puellae
Correct answer: puellarum
Q4.
What does 'amicus patris' mean?
the father of the friend
Correct answer: the friend of the father
Q5.
What does 'turba virorum' mean?
Correct answer: the crowd of men
the crowd of the man
Q6.
What does the following sentence mean: amicus filii audit?
The friend listens to the son.
Correct answer: The friend of the son listens.
Q7.
What does the following sentence mean: filia equum viri habet?
Correct answer: The daughter has the horse of the man.
The daughter of the man has the horse.