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Grammar for Latin 1a
parts of speech
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Language - Latin
5th Grade
11/27/2010

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noun
Definition
a word that names a person, place, thing or idea
Term
pronoun
Definition
also names, by taking the place of a noun. The noun for which it is stepping in is called its antecedent

(examples: I, you, he, she, it, we, they)
Term
adjective
Definition
words that modify nouns and pronouns. A modifying word changes, enhances, stirs, makes more precise our concept of another word -- the one it modifies.
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verb
Definition
the momentum in the sentence It asserts, moves, impels, reports on a condition or situation. It is a vital part of every sentence even though it's the subject who is doing, acting, being, emoting. What it asserts may be an action or an identity or a state of being.
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adverbs
Definition
An adverb modifies -- changes, enhances, limits, describes, intensifies, muffles -- a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. It can also modify verbals, prepositions, and conjunctions.
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preposition
Definition
Prepositions, unobtrusive go-betweens that they are, indicate the relation of a noun or pronoun to some other word(s) in the sentence.

(examples: in, on, with, of, for, around)
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conjunction
Definition
words that join words, phrases, or clauses

examples (and, or, but)
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interjection
Definition
a word or collection of words that expresses a strong or emphatic feeling

(examples: Oh! Well! Very well, Wow!)
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