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New First Steps in Latin provides a basic introduction for students new to Latin. The text offers first-year instruction on Latin verbs, nouns, adjectives, and prepositions. This includes verbal conjugations 1–4, the active and passive voice in verbs, noun declensions 1–5, and simple sentences. The substantial appendix includes practice readings, a grammatical catechism, sentence diagramming,...

Nouns whose genitive singular ends in -ī belong to the SECOND DECLENSION. To find the stem of any Latin noun, remove the ending from the genitive singular form. DOMINĪ LIBRĪ -Ī -Ī DOMIN- LIBR- • Masculine nouns of the second declension have a nominative singular ending in -us or -r. Singular 2nd declension endings stem + ending Nominative -us → dominus the master Genitive ī → dominī of the master, master’s Dative -ō → dominō to / for the master Accusative
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