Year 4A · Grade 6: Calling a Name

Use the calling form for Marcus, a girl, a son, a friend, and a servant.

Practice this lesson

What to notice

• Marce
• puella
• fili

Explanation

When you call someone, the name sometimes changes. Marcus becomes Marce. Filius, son, becomes fili. Puella, a girl, stays puella. Amica stays amica. Servus becomes serve.

Learn these five calling forms. A chart for every noun family is not the goal of this lesson.

Examples

• Marce! — Marcus! The calling form drops -us and uses -e.
• fili! — son! Filius becomes fili when you call him.
• puella! — girl! This one does not change.
• serve! — servant! Like Marce, with -e.

Latin in this lesson

• Marce! — Marce!
• puella! — puella!
• fili! — fili!
• amica! — friend!
• serve! — serve!
• Salve, Marce! — Hello, Marcus!