Latin A2: Of & to: genitive and dative · Phrases

The genitive says whose: villa domini (the master’s house), liber puellae (the girl’s book); first declension -ae, second -i, third -is. The dative says to or for whom, usually with dare, dicere, ostendere: amico donum do (I give a present to my friend); first declension -ae, second -o, third -i. Plural dative: -is (amicis, puellis), third declension -ibus.

• liber — book
• epistula — letter
• filius — son
• filia — daughter
• regina — queen
• dare — to give
• ostendere — to show
• nuntiare — to announce

• Filius regis aegrotat. — The king’s son is ill.
• Mihi librum ostende! — Show me the book!
• Puer matri rosam dat. — The boy gives his mother a rose.
• Epistula reginae venit. — The queen’s letter has come.