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4.2. The theoretical questions to the studies:
1. Name the typical signs of the third declension nouns.
2. What is the peculiarity of writing the third declension nouns in the
vocabulary?
3. How is the stem of nouns found?
4. What nouns belong to the parisyllabic ones?
5. What nouns belong to the imparisyllabic ones?
6. What are the typical signs of the consonant type nouns?
7. Name the case endings of the consonant type.
8. What are the typical signs of the vowel type nouns?
9. What are the peculiarities of declining of the vowel type nouns?
10. What nouns belong to the mixed type?
11. What is the difference of the mixed type from the consonant one?
4.3. The practical works (tasks) which are done at the studies:
1. Determine, which of the given nouns belong to the imparisyllabic ones and which
– to parisyllabic ones:
1) axis, is m; 2) os, ossis n; 3) apis, is f; 4) apex, icis m; 5) os, oris n; 6) rete, is n; 7)
cutis, is f; 8) cor, cordis n; 9) pes, pedis m; 10) naris, is f.
2. Determine the type of declining of the nouns, given in the previous task.
The contents of the topic:
The masculine, feminine and neuter nouns having different endings in Nom.
sing. and the typical ending –is in Gen. sing. belong to the third declension. The
third declension nouns are subdivided into parisyllabic and imparisyllabic ones. The
parisyllabic nouns have the same number of syllables in Nom. sing. and Gen. sing.,
the imparisyllabic ones have one syllable more in Gen. sing. than in Nom. sing.
While studying the third declension nouns it is necessary to pay a special
attention to the finding of stem, as it is short in Nom. sing. and shows itself in full
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