THINGS I SAY OVER AND OVER...

• THE WORD TO BE CAN NEVER HAVE A DIRECT OBJECT. iNSTEAD, IT HAS A PREDICATE NOMINATIVE, PREDICATE ADJECTIVE, OR A PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE.

• gENITIVE FOLLOWS WHAT IT POSSESSES USUALLY.

• vERBS OF GIVING, SHOWING, OR TELLING (THEIR SYNONYMS OR ANTONYMS) WILL HAVE A DATIVE CASE AFTER THEM.

• aDJECTIVES AGREE wITH THEIR NOUNS IN GENDER, CASE, AND NUMBER.

• nEUTER nOMINATIVE AND ACCUSATIVE SINGULAR ARE ALWAYS THE SAME; NEUTER PLURAL nOMINATIVE AND aCCUSATIVE END IN A.

• vERBS AGREE WITH THEIR SUBJECT IN NUMBER AND PERSON.

• Pronouns agree with their antecedent in gender and number; their case is determined by their use in their own clause.

• tRANSLATE WITH: vOCABULARY, VERB, nOMINATIVE, aCCUSATIVE, EVERYTHING ELSE.

• aDJECTIVES COME IN TWO FLAVORS: fIRST AND sECOND DECLENSION ADJECTIVES AND THIRD DECLENSION ADJECTIVES.

• tO FIND THE STEM OF A NOUN, CHOP OFF THE GENITIVE SINGULAR ENDING.

• tO FIND THE DECLENSION OF A NOUN, LOOK AT THE GENITIVE SINGULAR ENDING.

• tO FIND THE STEM OF AN ADJECTIVE, LOOK AT THE FEMININE.

• tO FIND THE pRESENT STEM OF A VERB, CHOP OFF THE INFINITIVE ENDING.

• tO FIND THE PERFECT STEM OF A VERB, USE THE THIRD PRINCIPAL PART MINUS THE I.

• tHE rECEIVER OF THE ACTION IS THE SUBJECT IN PASSIVE VOICE.

• R, RIS, TUR, MUR, MINI, NTUR, IF YOU DON'T KNOW IT i'LL BOP YOU ON THE HEAD (SUNG TO THE TUNE OF LITTLE BUNNY FOO FOO).

• O,S, T, MUS, TIS, NT, PERSONAL ENDINGS, i, YOU, HE, pERSONAL eNDINGS, WE, YOU, THEY. tOGETHER LET US USE OUR PERSONAL ENDINGS.

• Thirds are always hard in Latin!