Chant the endings until they answer back.

A declension is a family of Latin nouns that changes endings in the same pattern. If you know the pattern for one model word, you can recognize many other nouns in that family.

• Start with the model word, like puella for a first-declension noun.
• Chant the endings in order so your ear learns the pattern.
• Use the ending to tell what job the noun is doing in the sentence.

A conjugation is a family of Latin verbs that changes endings in the same pattern. English uses helper words like I, you, and they; Latin often builds that information into the ending.

• Amo means I love; amas means you love; amat means he, she, or it loves.
• The chant trains your ear to hear who is doing the action.
• The first, second, third, third-io, and fourth conjugations each have a pattern.

Each Latin noun has a case that tells you what role it plays in a sentence. Think of it as a job label for nouns.

• Nominative: the subject, like the girl.
• Genitive: possession, like of the girl.
• Dative: recipient, like to or for the girl.
• Accusative: direct object, like the girl being seen.
• Ablative: by, with, or from the girl.

Verb person tells who is doing the action. Latin endings can carry that information even when the sentence does not say a separate pronoun.

• 1st person: I or we.
• 2nd person: you or you all.
• 3rd person: he, she, it, or they.
• Singular means one actor; plural means more than one.

Latin asks students to notice endings before they translate. Chants make those endings familiar, so a student can spend less energy hunting for the form and more energy understanding the sentence.

• The rhythm keeps the order steady.
• The audio gives a model before recall practice.
• The recall mode turns the chant into memory work without hiding the grammar.