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33. The following table shows a comparison between English and Latin declension forms, and should be thoroughly memorized:

English Cases		Latin Cases
Declension of who?	Name of case and use	Declension of domina and translation	Name of case and use	Singular
Who? Whose? Whom?	Nominative — case of the subject Possessive — case of the possessor Objective — case of the object	do’min-a the lady domin-ae the lady’s, of the lady domin-am the lady	Nominative — case of the subject Genitive — case of the possessor Accusative — case of the direct object
Who? Whose? Whom?	Nominative — case of the subject Possessive — case of the possessor Objective — case of the object	domin-ae the ladies domin-ā’rum the ladies’, of the ladies domin-ās the ladies	Nominative — case of the subject Genitive — case of the possessor Accusative — case of the direct object	Plural

When the nominative singular of a noun ends in -a, observe that

a. The nominative plural ends in -ae.

b. The genitive singular ends in -ae and the genitive plural in -ārum.

c. The accusative singular ends in -am and the accusative plural in -ās.

d. The genitive singular and the nominative plural have the same ending.

34. EXERCISE Pronounce the following words and give their general meaning. Then give the number and case, and the use of each form. Where the same form stands for more than one case, give all the possible cases and uses.

1. Silva, silvās, silvam.

2. Fugam, fugae, fuga.

3. Terrārum, terrae, terrās.

4. Aquās, causam, lūnās.

5. Fīliae, fortūnae, lūnae.

6. Iniūriās, agricolārum, aquārum.

7. Iniūriārum, agricolae, puellās

8. Nautam, agricolās, nautās.

9. Agricolam, puellam, silvārum.