Latin A1: Puella: cases & the first declension · Phrases

Latin has no words for “the” or “a”: puella is a girl or the girl. The ending shows a noun’s job. In the first declension the subject ends in -a (puella), the object in -am (puellam); in the plural, -ae and -as. Most of these nouns are feminine, but nauta (sailor) is masculine. The verb usually comes last.

• puella — girl
• aqua — water
• via — road, street
• terra — land, earth
• rosa — rose
• villa — country house
• nauta — sailor
• insula — island

• Puella rosam amat. — The girl loves the rose.
• Ubi est villa? — Where is the country house?
• Nauta insulam videt. — The sailor sees the island.
• Via longa est. — The road is long.