These forms are easy to learn and use.
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1. The "vocative" case is one of two minor cases for nouns in Latin and is used for directly and expressly addressing someone (or occasionally, something).
2. The vocative case is identical to the nominative plural in all instances and is identical to the nominative singular in all instances except for most Declension II, masculine nouns and adjectives ending in -us. Such nouns generally use -e for the vocative case as in the famous line attributed to Caesar upon being stabbed by the beloved Brutus, Et tu, Brute?
3. A few nouns and adjectives, such as deus, agnus, and meus, retain their -us endings in the vocative. The word filius changes to fili in the vocative.
Review questions, here.
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Et tu, Brute?
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1. The "imperative" verb mood is used to give commands.
2. In the vast majority of instances the imperative mood appears only in the second person (both singular and plural) and only in the present tense. Imperatives are usually active in voice but the passive is also used.
3. To form the active singular imperative for Conjugations I, II, and IV simply drop the -re from the infinitive form. To form these active plural imperatives simply add -te to the singular imperative (or, if you prefer to think of it this way, simply change the -re of the infinitive to a -te).
4. A few active imperatives are irregular, notably, dic, duc, and fac.
5. To express passive singular imperatives simply use the infinitive form of the verb.
Review questions, here.
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Anima Christi, sanctifica me. Corpus Christi, salva me. Sanguis Christi, inebria me. Aqua lateris Christi, lava me. Passio Christi, conforta me. O bone Jesu, exaudi me. Intra tua vulnera absconde me. Ne permittas me separari a te. Ab hoste maligno defende me. In hora mortis meæ voca me. Et iube me venire ad te, Ut cum Sanctis tuis laudem te. In sæcula sæculorum. Amen.
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