agittas portat, Iulia, quod malas feras silvae magnae necat.
I. Amatne Latona filiam?
G. Amat, et filia Latonam amat.
I. Quid filia tua parva portat?
G. Coronas pulchras filia mea parva portat.
I. Cui filia tua coronas pulchras dat?
G. Dianae coronas dat.
I. Quis est cum filia tua? Estne sola?
G. Sola non est; filia mea parva est cum ancilla mea.

_a._ When a person is called or addressed, the case used is called
the _voc'ative_ (Latin _vocare_, "to call"). _In form the vocative
is regularly like the nominative_. In English the name of the person
addressed usually stands first in the sentence. _The Latin vocative
rarely stands first_. Point out five examples of the vocative in
this dialogue.

_b._ Observe that questions answered by _yes_ or _no_ in English
are answered in Latin by repeating the verb. Thus, if you wished to
answer in Latin the question _Is the sailor fighting?_ /Pugnatne
nauta?\ you would say /Pugnat\, _he is fighting_, or /Non pugnat\,
_he is not fighting._

LESSON VII

THE FIRST OR _A:_-DECLENSION

[Special Vocabulary]

NOUNS
/casa, -ae\, f., _cottage_
ce:na, -ae, f., _dinner_
/galli:'na, -ae\, f., _hen, chicken_
/i:n'sula, ae\, f., _island_ (pen-insula)

ADVERBS
/de-in'de\, _then, in the next place_
/ubi\, _where_

PREPOSITION
/ad\, _to_, with acc. to express motion toward

PRONOUN
/quem\, interrog. pronoun, acc. sing., _whom?_

VERBS
ha'bitat, _he (she, it) lives, is living, does live_ (inhabit)
/laudat\, _he (she, it) praises, is praising, does praise_ (laud)
/parat\, _he (she, it) prepares, is preparing, does prepare_
/vocat\, _he (she, it) calls, is calling, does call; invites,
is inviting, does invite_ (vocation)

_57._ In the preceding lessons we have now gone over all the cases,
singular and plural, of nouns whose nominative singular ends in -a.
All Latin nouns whose nominative singular ends in -a belong to the
First Declension. It is also called the _A_-Declension because of the
prominent part which the vowel /a\ plays in the formation of the cases.
We have also learned what relations are expressed by each case. These
results are summarized in the following table:

+-------+----------------+-------------------+-------------------------+
| CASE | NOUN | TRANSLATION | USE AND GENERAL MEANING |
| | | | OF EACH CASE