Transcript puellae

Inflection: Plurals
Verbs and Nouns
DON’T FORGET!!
• In the dictionary entry
puella, puellae, f. – girl,
puellae means “of the girl”
Puella sedet.
Puellae sedent.
Puella ambulat.
Puellae ambulant.
Puella habitat
Puellae habitant
Puella cantat
Puellae cantant
Puella legit
Puellae legunt
Puella scribit
Puellae scribunt
Puella currit
Puellae currunt
Cornelia est puella Romana
Flavia est puella Romana
Cornelia et Flavia sunt puellae
Romanae.
So, with verbs
• When the subject is “he”, “she”, or “it”
– This is singular and ends in ‘-t’ (puella sedet,
puella ambulat, puella est, )
• When the subject is “they” (more than one
“he”, “she”, or “it”)
– This is plural and ends in ‘-nt’ (puellae sedent,
puellae ambulant, puellae sunt)
DON’T FORGET!!
• In the dictionary entry puella,
puellae, f. – girl, puellae means “of
the girl”
• So puellae = of the girl OR puellae =
girls
• We have to use context clues to
figure out which one it is.
Context Clues
• Puellae sub arbore sedent
– How can we tell puellae means “girls” and not “of
the girl?”
• Arbor puellae in villa habitat
– How can we tell puellae means “of the girl” and
not “girls?”
• The best way to tell the difference between
puellae = of the girl and puellae = girls is to
look at the verb.