Latin A1: Servus & donum: the second declension · Phrases

Masculine nouns in -us take -um as the object and -i in the plural: servus, servum, servi, servos. Neuter nouns in -um are the same as subject and object: donum; their plural ends in -a: dona. An adjective takes the gender of its noun: servus bonus, villa bona, vinum bonum.

• servus — slave, servant
• dominus — master
• amicus — friend
• equus — horse
• vinum — wine
• donum — gift
• oppidum — town
• hortus — garden

• Dominus servum vocat. — The master calls the servant.
• Amicus meus in horto est. — My friend is in the garden.
• Vinum bonum est. — The wine is good.
• Equi in oppido sunt. — The horses are in the town.