Year 3 · Grade 5: King and Father

Recognize the subject and receiver forms of rex, miles, pater, and nomen. The full chart waits.

Practice this lesson

What to notice

• rex and regem
• miles and militem
• pater, patrem, and nomen

Explanation

Rex means the king when he acts. Regem means the king when he receives the action. Miles and militem work the same way for the soldier. Pater and patrem do it for the father.

Nomen, a name, looks the same when it acts and when it receives. Learn these pairs only. The of-form, such as regis, of the king, is not on this quiz.

Examples

• Rex videt. — The king sees. Rex is the one who acts.
• Regem videt. — He sees the king. Regem is the receiver.
• Pater vocat. — The father calls. Pater acts.
• nomen — the name Same form as subject or receiver.

Latin in this lesson

• Rex videt. — The king sees.
• Regem videt. — He sees the king.
• Miles currit. — The soldier runs.
• Militem videt. — He sees the soldier.
• Patrem vocat. — He calls the father.
• Nomen audit. — the name, as the thing heard