[Mentally screaming because why are there two of these!?]
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A. Study the following examples of singular and plural forms:
Singular: Plural:
puella ridet puellae rident
The girl is smiling The girls are smiling
servus ambulat servi ambulant
The slave is walking The slaves are walking
mercator contendit mercatores contendunt
The merchant is hurrying The merchants are hurrying
B. Each of the nouns in bold type is in the nominative case, because it refers to a person or persons who are performing some actions such as walking or smiling.
C. Puella, servus, and mercator are therefore nominative singular, and puellae, servi, and mercatores are nominative plural.
D. Notice the forms of the nominative plural in the difference declensions:
first declension:
puellae
ancillae
feminae
second declension:
servi
amici
pueri
third declension:
mercatores
leones
senes
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