Ch 4 · Lesson 19Latin · Chapter 4 · Lesson 19 · Grammar primer
At home: domi, domum, domo
mixes the fourth and second declensions and keeps the locative: , I am at home; , I am going home. No preposition in any of them.
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keeps three bare forms with no preposition at all: , at home (the old locative case); , home, after a verb of going; , from home. Town names work the same way: Romae, at Rome; Romam, to Rome.
Domus, the one that will not pick a side
, house, home, is fourth declension with second-declension forms mixed in:
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom | | |
| Acc | | |
| Gen | | |
| | |
| Abl | | |
Then it keeps a locative, the old case for at a place, and uses three bare forms with no preposition at all:
- .
- .
Domum it: he is going home (the accusative, no preposition). Domi est: he is at home (the locative).
| Latin | English | Form |
|---|---|---|
. | I am at home. | locative |
. | I am going home. | accusative, no ad |
. | I am coming from home. | ablative, no ex |
Town names do the same (Romae, at Rome; Romam, to Rome), and so does , the country: , in the country. Learn these as vocabulary, not grammar.
Going further: The fourth declension: manus and the rest of the guide, when you want them. This lesson does not need them.
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