does anyone know how to speak or translate latin?im kinda stuck on the declentions. . .?

Question

i remember just about everything exept what (i think their called declentions):nominative,genitive,dative,accusative,ablative mean.i forgot what they were used for and the meanings and im having trouble finding it.plse help! i have a test to study for and its a huge< test i have to take tomorrow. .. thx a bunch

Answer 1

The declensions:

Nominative case. Used when the word is the subject of the sentence or clause. (The farmer works in the field. "Farmer" is the subject, and takes the nominative.)

Genitive case. Used when the word is possessive, or when accompanied by the preposition "of." (The girl's car is red. --or -- The home of the Miller family is on Oak Street. -- "girl" and "Miller family" take the genitive.)

Dative case: Used when the word is the indirect object in a sentence or clause. (John gave Mary a dog. "Mary" is the indirect object, and takes the dative.)

Accusative case: Used when the word is the direct object in a sentence. (The boy threw a stick. "Stick" is the direct object, and so takes the accusative.)

Ablative case: Used when the word is the object of certain prepositions. There are ablatives of source, origin, separation, and causation. Certain verbs also require the ablative. (A common example would be: He came from Rome. "Rome" would take the ablative because "Rome" is the origin. Another example: He left Rome yesterday. In this case, "Rome" takes the ablative of separation.)

Vocative case: When someone or something is being called upon. (God, help me! Susan, get the ice cream. "God" and "Susan" would take the vocative.)

Answer 2

im taking latin and I know a few

Nominative- used for the subject of the sentence
Genative- translate with a "of" in front of the word, used for possesion (of the dog)
Dative- translated with a "to" or "for" in front of the word (to the girl)
Accusative- the direct object
Ablative- translate "by" or "with" in front of the word (by the book)

Answer 3

The following website has declensions for Latin, as well as conjugatiosn I presume.