Latin for Beginners · Lesson LXXVII · Part 16: Final review of syntax
77. Review: agreement, genitive, dative, accusative
Goal: Your child names the four kinds of agreement and the main uses of the genitive, dative and accusative, and spots them in sentences.
You'll need
- The book (the lesson pages)
- A notebook and pencil
- Index cards from earlier lessons
What's in the book
A review lesson: the four agreements (§ 448), the uses of the genitive (§ 449), the dative (§ 450) and the accusative, each with references back to earlier lessons, then ten Latin and seven English sentences.
The lesson, step by step
Warm up
Ask your child to list every case and one use of each, from memory, before opening the book.
Agreement
Read § 448: a predicate noun or appositive with its noun, an adjective or participle with its noun, a verb with its subject, a relative pronoun with its antecedent. Give one Latin example of each together.
The genitive and dative
Read § 449 (possession, the whole, description) and § 450 (indirect object, with adjectives, purpose, and the others it lists). The book notes that the genitive is mostly English 'of', and the dative 'to' or 'for'. Follow the § references back to look up anything forgotten.
The accusative
The accusative case corresponds, in general, to the English objective.
Review its uses: direct object, place to which, extent of time and space, subject of an infinitive, predicate accusative.
Latin to English
Translate the ten sentences. Two of them:
Victōria exercitūs erat semper imperātōrī grātissima.
Caesar audīvit Germānōs bellum Gallīs intulisse.
For each genitive, dative and accusative, name the use.
English to Latin and wrap-up
Write the seven sentences; the footnotes ask questions to answer as you go. End with the list from the warm-up and see how much grew.
Afterwards
Review lessons take as long as they take; two days is normal. The book's teacher notes say to make the final reviews thorough.
Answers to the book's problems
1. The soldiers whom we saw said that the command of the war belonged to Caesar the general. 2. The Helvetii decided to collect as great a number of horses and carts as possible. 3. Of all Gaul, the Helvetii were the most powerful. 4. For many hours there was fierce fighting, and no one could see an enemy running away. 5. Men of the greatest courage pursued the enemy ten miles. 6. Caesar persuaded the Roman people to elect him consul. 7. The victory of the army was always most pleasing to the general. 8. They marched for three days and arrived at Geneva, a town of the enemy. 9. Caesar heard that the Germans had made war upon the Gauls. 10. It was of great use to Caesar's soldiers that they had trained themselves in earlier battles.
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