Hit a wall at Second Declension!

[debgoins]

First, I feel pretty confident about conjugations so far up to Lesson 8 in LCI. The problem I have is that the text expects me to decline the nouns which I would gladly do, but as a first timer with this, without, say, the vocabulary words actually declined for me, how I be sure I've got it right?

Is there a website to go to for these? Did I not buy enough material with only the CD and teacher's manual? Is there a way to get my work proofread before I have to teach it to the kids? I appreciate any assistance on this I can get.

I'm not frustrated, I just to have confirmation I'm on the right track and I can't go on until we've all got it.

Debbie G.

[tanya]

Debbie,

For 1st declension nouns, you will just drop the 'a' from the vocabulary word and add each ending. For 2nd decl. masc., drop the 'us' from the vocab. word and add the 2nd masc. endings.

So the stems of the words in lesson 7 would be: stell, urs, ir, serv, amic, ann, fili, and domin. Since the first 3 words are 1st decl., they will be declined with 1st decl. endings: stella, stellae, stellae, stellam, stella, stellae, stellarum, stellis, stellas, stellis. Words 4-8 are 2nd decl., so they will take the 2nd decl. endings: filius, filii, filio, filium, filio, filii, filiorum, filiis, filios, filiis. This one is hard because the stem retains an 'i,' so students tend to drop it to add the endings.

I hope this clears things up for you. If you still have questions, please let me know and I'll try to do a better job. Also, you can go to memoriapress.com/help and find a more detailed explanation of nouns that might be helpful to read.

Tanya

[jeremiah213]

Debbie,

Call Memoria Press at any time, I'll gladly go over any declensions, or conjugations with you. You can reach me on Mondays 502 966 9115. Or email me anytime at jeremiah213@gmail.com.

Glen Moore