2: Nouns - Declensions and Cases
What is the third declension?
Phew! Hopefully now you’re getting the hang of this now that you’ve met the first and second declension. Now, it’s time to meet the complicated third declension. The third declension is split between masculine, feminine, and neuter words, and is not dominated by any. You may also remember how the second declension is split by gender. The third declension, likewise, is split, but not by gender but by i-stems and consonantal-stems, similarly to the Latin third declension. This distinction is based on the typical endings of the noun added to its stem, and whichever stem is there indicates the endings. Below is the third-consonantal chart endings and examples.
IN THIS LESSON
And here are examples!
And here’s the third i-stem:
And here’s examples. Note the differences between i-stems and consonantal and learn to memorize and use both!
