Year 3 · Grade 5: A Good Girl

Match bonus to puella, puer, and donum in the subject form and the receiver form.

Practice this lesson

What to notice

• nominative agreement
• accusative agreement
• three genders

Explanation

A describing word matches the word it describes. Puella bona means a good girl, as the one who acts. Puellam bonam is a good girl when she receives the action. Both words change together.

Puer bonus is a good boy. Puerum bonum is a good boy receiving the action. Donum bonum is a good gift, and the gift form looks the same when it acts and when it receives. Other cases of the describing word come in Year 4A.

Examples

• puella bona — a good girl She is the one who acts.
• puellam bonam — a good girl, receiving the action Both words take -am.
• puer bonus — a good boy Bonus matches puer.
• donum bonum — a good gift The gift uses -um.

Latin in this lesson

• puella bona — a good girl
• puellam bonam — a good girl, receiving the action
• puer bonus — a good boy
• puerum bonum — a good boy, receiving the action
• donum bonum — a good gift
• Puella bona cantat. — The good girl sings.