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Second declension Neuters, Adjectives; Present Indicative of Sum; Predicate Nouns and Adjectives, Substantive Adjectives Second declension neuter nouns are still second declension nouns, and the song for those holds... mostly. What you have to remember is that the nominative, accusative, and vocative for a neuter noun are always the same - they are '-um' in the singular and '-a' in the plural. To the tune of Drunken Sailor: What do ya do with a 2D neuter? What do ya do with a 2D neuter When declining Latin? '-UM' is the single, '-A' is the plural! '-UM' is the single, '-A' is the plural! '-UM' is the single, '-A' is the plural! Nom, Acc, Voc in pattern! Then there's 'to be'. This is an annoying irregular verb - its principle parts and its conjugation are both weird, and its 'object' is not an accusative, as in normal verbs, but a nominative that must agree with the subject. Well, aren't you lucky - I got all that into one mnemonic! To the tune of O Christmas Tree: Your object is a nominative O verb 'to be', O verb 'to be' Your object is a nominative Sum, esse, fui, futurum Sum, es, and est, summus, estis, sunt O verb 'to be', O verb 'to be' Your object is a nominative |