Chapter 7: Introduction

• In this chapter, you will learn about the Nouns of the 3rd Declension. The endings of the 3rd Declension are quite different from those of the 1st and 2nd Declension.
  
  
• The 3rd Declension Nouns are formed the same way as the nouns of the first two declensions: the root (found in the GS) + endings.
  
  
• The 3rd Declension contains nouns in all 3 genders. While there is a variety of nominative singular forms, all 3rd Declension nouns are categorized by the genitive singular endings in "is".
  
  
  • Nötä bene: This is why you must memorize both the NS and GS, and the gender, for every noun you learn.
    
    
• 3rd Declension Nouns can and will be modified by adjectives of the 1st and 2nd Declension. They must agree in Gender, Number and Case, but (obviously) the endings will not match.