The Declension Song

[Willowsong12]

Oh good...I think this song might actually help me on my quiz tomorrow :D Now to play it over and over again and get it stuck in my head

[Hannanball13]

Im feeling the beginning of the year flashbacks going on.......

[HeyHiHelloItsMeAgain]

i have to memorize this for class and i found the third declension the hardest. very helpful video. Gratias !

[cooldevinis]

awesome man! thanks!

[rainpaw4]

wish i found this vid earlier.... wouldn't have basically failed my latin final

[itsrainingali]

I studied all day for my chemistry final, and then remembered I had my latin final the next day and had to do a complete noun ending chart. This may help me a ton! thanks :D I'll try to refrain from humming this while taking my exam...

[SAW31197]

#LOL I use this song to help me on Latin Tests

[bridgerwild]

Wow, wish I had this when I was taking Latin, "cept I couldn't carry a tune anyhow, LOL!

[XxMCRXxLADYXx]

Thanks for this. So helpful.

[FiShRc00L]

this was very helpful, gratias!

[MasterOutdoors]

wow thanks im taking latin and declensions are so hard to memorize but this vid. helped! Thank you!

[Egwene472]

Gratias tibi ago!

Carmen pulchrum et alacre est ;-)

(Actually I wanted to say 'nice and funny', but I didn't really know how to say this...)

[MichaelFrancisMari]

Carmen bonum et facetum est.

[Adeltraut]

why do the singers pronunce ae = i?

[MichaelFrancisMari]

It was originally a diphthong and we use the "restored" pronunciation in my school. Some other schools use the Italian or ecclesiastical pronunciation.

[vgneus]

this is really helpful

[vgneus]

I forgot what dei means

what is maiorem?

[MichaelFrancisMari]

DEI is the genitive singular (of God). MAIOREM (greater) modifies GLORIAM.

[Gwynsek]

Wonderful work!

[FunnyorJessy]

Ha ha! We watched this in my latin class and everyone was just glancing at each other! (Although I think it's quite good)

[smileyx975]

this is a really good video!

[Medmura39]

This song actually helped me with 3rd declension neuter plural. I didn't truly know that the plural was -a, so it kinda helped me

[LoneBlackWolf1]

amavi hic voce optimus

Gratias Tibi

no voacative tho

[vgneus]

loneblackwolf-

vocative for nouns (at least for the 1st 3 declensions) is almost always the say as the nominative, at least for regular nouns (as in not proper)

[thomasstam]

I'm from the Netherlands and this is a really good song =D

[breakerofcodes]

This one was the catchiest one on all of youtube!!!

[TwosComplement]

thanks so much, I learned the first declension in just a few minuites

[xxxRoCkLuVeRxxx]

amazingly helpful!!!

[CounterClaws]

Thank you so much!!! i was having trouble with the latin declensions.

[dolphinlova13J]

Thank you so much for making this video. I was struggling with last minute studying trying to learn all 6 cases and this has helped so much. I wonder if my Latin teach has heard of it?

[playahata666nyc]

mr mari! this song has helped me so much. thank you!

[Moonlight6700x]

MR. MARI! I miss you, and your singing!

-Kateri D

[MichaelFrancisMari]

Thanks for writing. The feeling is mutual. I miss my former students, especially the thirteen roses and their singing!

[teamkakashi11]

xD I'm sorry but do you know what the cases mean? All I know is that Genitive is used for the possessive noun.. I think.. =\

[MichaelFrancisMari]

In Latin and other inflected languages the nouns change form according to their use in the sentence. The nominative case is used for the subject of the sentence. The genitive case is used to show possession. The dative case is used for indirect objects. The accusative case is used for direct objects. The ablative case is used for prepositional phrases.

[haloman493]

this guy was my latin teacher, he was the best

[skatekilla79]

great song, we use song 4 other stuff such as erat (i, you, h/she etc etc...)!

[Chapalover]

hahahahahahahaha lmao

[math9023]

what does the line above the a do i know it makes 'a' longer but i cant tell the difference

[Rigatoni22]

great, but the 'V's in latin are not commonly pronounced as 'W's in Europe. In parts of Rome my family still use latin words and 'W's are never pronounced. Is this just a US thing or is it present elsewhere?

[MichaelFrancisMari]

The classical pronunciation is used in most schools in the United States and in much of Europe. The Italian pronunciation is used in Italy and in some schools in the United States.

[NoodleBean84]

nom

gen

dat

accu

abl

voc

that's our order

[MichaelFrancisMari]

It's also the order used in the Ecce Romani series and in many fine schools in the USA.

[qaqa2010]

but where the Vocative case

[MichaelFrancisMari]

I reinforce the vocative in discussions, but I omit it when the youngsters recite the forms because it is so similar to the nominative.

[Mecklybver]

in my opinion is a lot of easier to learn it in Nominative Vocative Accusative Genitive Dative Ablative and Locative way although Locative is not quite important

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[7Saturno]

no... I mean... I don't laugh for the song or the language. I laugh because I consider anglophone students who must to learn the latin language as a revenge since I had to study english at school.

But one day the latin language will be again the international one!

[7Saturno]

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[lgsoltek]

Wow that's GREAT! It surely helps me remembering these complicated declensions! I have once tried to remember them, but I forgot them very soon. I'm sure this time with the song I can remember them well. Thank you very much for your brilliant song!

[Newtsalem]

Any idea why this case order was adopted in the US? Do you not usually include the Vocative when teaching declensions either? Although it's used relatively little compared to the others, it is still a separate, functioning case.

[MichaelFrancisMari]

1) I do not have a definitive answer about the sequence, but I can share some clues. A Wikipedia entry states that the "sequence NOM-GEN-DAT-ACC-ABL-VOC-LOC arose from Byzantine grammarians who were originally writing about Greek." It also says that "the order NOM-GEN-DAT-ACC-ABL-VOC" is used in Germany and Italy.

2) Yes, the vocative is a separate case. I reinforce this in readings, but I omit it when the youngsters recite the forms because it is so similar to the nominative.

[katyismach5]

my latin teacher told me once that we never learn it because it can be easily recognized... i don't know though.

[MichaelFrancisMari]

I think your teacher realized that the vocative can be recognized fairly easily in reading and does not need to be emphasized as much as the five major cases.

[chanakw]

this is such a weird order. we do it in

nom

acc

gen

dat

abl

[MichaelFrancisMari]

I much prefer the order you use. It emphasizes the importance of the accusative case, and was the standard pattern used very successfully throughout the British Commonwealth for many years. In the USA, however, the order in the clip has been adopted by almost all teachers and students. If I break rank, it will be very difficult for students when they continue their studies with other teachers. When in the USA, I do as the Americans do!

[brewdog11]

Haha! Great!

[Uroshnor]

Everything was good, minus the last 3 seconds.