1. The Five Cases: “The Farmer in the Dell” (tune)
N. The Subject ------|
G. of | ß Repeat
D. to, for ------|
A. The object is accusative
A. In, by, from, with -- these four.
2. First (or Second) Declension: “Old MacDonald Had a Farm” (tune)
Joe MacDonald has a noun, a, ae, ae, am a
(us, i, o um, o)
Some endings to this noun he put, ae, arum, is, as, is.
(i, orum, is, os, is)
With an “-a”, “-a” here, and an “ae,” “ae” there,
(“us,” “us”) (“i,” “i”)
Here an ending, there an ending,
Adjectives or nouns depending,
Joe MacDonald had a noun, a, ae, ae, am, a.
(us, i, o, um, o.)
3. Third Declension: “The Farmer in the Dell” (tune)
Blank, is, i, em, and e,
Blank, is, i, em, and e,
Es, um, ibus, and es ibus,
Blank, is, i, em, and e.
4. Fourth Declension: “Yankee Doodle” (tune)
Us, us, ui, um and u,
Us, uum, and ibus.
Then add to these the last two cases,
Us and also ibus.
5. Fifth Declension: “Yankee Doodle” (tune)
Res, rei, rei, rem, re,
Res, rerum and rebus.
Then add to these the last two cases,
Res and also rebus.
3. (Singular) “Jingle Bells” (tune)
Hic, Haec, Hoc (repeat)
Huius all the way
Huic is the dative case, then,
Hunc, hanc, hoc, they say.
Hic, haec, hoc (repeat)
Huius all the way,
Then add to these the ablative case,
Hoc, hac, hoc they say.
