to praise, I praise, I praised, @#$%#$^*
- to praise:
 laudare, laudo, laudavi, laudatum
- to consider:
 cogitare, cogito, cogitavi, cogitatum
- to give:
 dare, dō, dēdī, datum
- to love:
 amāre, amō, amāvī, amātum
- to make a mistake:
 errāre, errō, errāvī, errātum
- to preserve, save, keep, guard:
 servāre, servō, servāvī, servātum
I, you, s/he, we, you, they
to consider/think
singular
- cogito
- cogitas
- cogitat
plural
- cogitamus
- cogitatis
- cogitant
to praise
singular
- laudo
- laudas
- laudat
plural
- laudamus
- laudatis
- laudant
6 kinds of endings that can be added to a noun
- Nominative – subject
- Genitive – conveys possesion, modifies other nouns
 i.e. "the poetry of the soldier"
- Dative – indirect object
- Accusative – direct object
- Ablative
- Vocative
Dictionary form
Nominative, Genitive
1st declension
             (singular)
Nominative   -a
Genitive     -ae
Dative       -ae
Accusative   -ami.e. sailor(m)
nauta, nautae
singular
nauta – subject
nautae – indirect object
nautam – direct object
Nauta philosophiam laudat:
The sailor praises philosophy.
Nauta fortunam patriae dat:
(뱃사람이 fortune을 country에게 주다)
The sailor gives the country fortune.
The sun rises:
sol insurgit
A dog barks: