«mea», _my_; «tua», _thy, your_ (possesives)
«quid», interrog. pronoun, nom. and acc. sing., _what?_

«-ne», the question sign, an enclitic (§16) added to the first word,
which, in a question, is usually the verb, as «amat», _he loves_,
but «amat´ne»? _does he love?_ «est», _he is_; «estne»? _is he?_
Of course «-ne» is not used when the sentence contains «quis»,
«cūr», or some other interrogative word.

[Footnote A: An _adverb_ is a word used to modify a verb, an
adjective, or another adverb; as, She sings _sweetly_; she is
_very_ talented; she began to sing _very early_.]

«48.» «The Ablative Case.» Another case, lacking in English but found in
the fuller Latin declension, is the _ab´la-tive._

«49.» When the nominative singular ends in «-a», the ablative singular
ends in «-ā» and the ablative plural in «-īs».

_a._ Observe that the final -ă of the nominative is short, while the
final -ā of the ablative is long, as,

_Nom._ fīliă
_Abl._ fīliā

_b._ Observe that the ablative plural is like the dative plural.

_c._ Form the ablative singular and plural of the following nouns:
«fuga», «causa», «fortūna», «terra», «aqua», «puella», «agricola»,
«nauta», «domina».