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Neuter Nouns:  In Latin there are three genders:  Masculine, Feminine and Neuter.  Remember that all nouns have gender but that gender has nothing to do with what it is.  In English, all inanimate objects are neuter.  In Lain Male people and occupations are probably masculine gender.  Female people are probably feminine.  Inanimate objects can be masculine, feminine or neuter.  Therefore, the gender must be memorized.

For Neuter words:  The Nominative Singular and the Accusative Singular and Nominative Plural and Accusative Plural are always the same.

2nd Declension Neuter:  these words are listed in the glossary:  verbum, -i, N  (the nom Sing, the Gen Sing, the Gender)

2nd Declension Neuter words:  caelum, bellum, consilium, verbum, imperium, periculum, saxum

3rd Declension Neuter:  These words are listed in the glossary:  litus, litoris, N (the nom Sing, the Gen Sing, the Gender) Memento: The base of 3rd Declension words often changes.  litus to litor-is, just like it does for other 3rd declension words:  comes, comit-is.

3rd Declension Neuter I-stems:  There on only a handful of these words.  The one that is used most often is mare, maris.  Memorize the special endings for this noun.

Neuter adjectives:  Adjectives can also take neuter endings.  In the glossary:  adjectives are listed with the endings -us, -a, um.  (bonus, a, um.)  This indicates that the adjective can take 1st and 2nd declension endings, masculine, feminine and neuter.

In addition, 3rd declension adjectives can take 3rd declension masculine, feminine and neuter endings.  3rd declension adjectives are listed  like this in the glossary:  omnis, omne.  Omnis is the nominative singular of the the Masculine and feminine and omn-e is the nominative singular for the neuter.  Memorize the endings in the chart below.