Session (1.2.5) Subject and object

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Objectives

Understand the terms ‘subject’ and ‘object’?

Engage

If you speak other European languages, can you see if there are any Latin words in these languages too?

Learn

On page 22 you will meet case endings.

Read the explanation in the pink box carefully.

Apply

Complete the exercise at the bottom of the page. Use the exercise to get used to these endings. What do all these accusative case endings have in common? 

Exercise 1.8 on page 23 tells the story of Venus and Mars, but this time in Latin.  You have already come across this story in topic 1.1.

Consolidate

Go back over the vocabulary you have been learning and make sure you can recognise the endings that tell you whether a noun is the subject or object of the verb.

Use the vocabulary list on page 33 to help you.

Make sure you are confident that you can recognise the vocabulary you have learnt so far and whether it is the subject or the object.

The important thing to remember with Latin is that the nouns change their endings depending on whether they are the subject or object of a verb.

If you can recognise these endings easily, it will be much easier to translate a passage of Latin.

Review

You can find the answers for Exercises 1.7 and 1.8 below:

CHECK – Core Language Chapter 1 Answers