The Beginner's Latin Exercises. Possessive Pronouns, Verb To Be.
TODO
- Exercise A shows what has to be learnt and written in preparation for the next exercises (and future lessons).
- Exercise B contains viva voce Exercises.
- Exercise C (from Latin) and Exercise D (from English) contain the sentences to be translated, either orally or in writing.
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REQUIREMENTS
Vocabulary 26. Possessive Pronouns. Verb To Be.
- parens, -tis, adj., a parent.
- patria, -ae, f., {one 's) fatherland.
- justus, -a, -um, adj., just.
- aeternus, -a, -um, adj., eternal.
- attentus, -a, -um, adj., attentive.
- fortiter, adv., bravely.
- maxime, adv., very much, very highly.
- castra, -orum, n.pl., a camp.
EXERCISES
Exercise A: things to learn before attempting the following exercises:
- Vocabularies 24.-26;
- Imperative and Conjunctive Moods of the Verb Sum;
- Possessive Pronouns;
- Ordinal Numbers as far as centesimus.
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Exercise B
1. Give orally the English, naming Tense, Person and Number
- simus; esto; este; estate.
- essetis; sunto; fuissetis; fuisses.
- sint; fuerim; sitis; essem.
- esses; fuisses; essemus; fuissem.
Exercise C: read and translate from Latin.
- Fidelis amicus sis.
- Fili, mem or parentum es.
- Discipuli tui diligentiores sunto.
- Pastores, oviuni memores este.
- Amici nostri sint fideles!
- Milites vestri fortes sint.
- Vinum vetus esto.
- Judices justi sunto.
- Milites! semper fortes estote.
- Reges! semper justi et fortes estote.
- Flores horti vestri pulcherrimi sunt.
- Dux militum nostroruui prudens sit!
- Cibus filiorum tuorum sit simplex.
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Exercise D: read and translate from English.
- soldier! be brave.
- boys! be very diligent.
- A king must be bold.
- O men! be kind.
- Boys, be attentive.
- A judge must be just.
- sons, be mindful of your parents.
- Let our country be dear to us.
- Let your parents be dear to you.
- May our general be more prudent!
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CREDITS
C.Sherwill Dawe, The Beginner's Latin Exercises Book, 1880, Rivington, Waterloo Place, London; read the book on archive.org.
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