November 23, 2004

Exercises Ia

(from Teach Yourself Latin, by Gavin Betts p. 14)

following the convention of that book, the text is presented without diacriticals

1 Primo amicitiam incolarum rogabat.
2 Feminas Galliae non monebatis et nunc in viis ambulant.
3 Italiam semper amabam, et nunc amo.
4 In insula Sicilia pugnabamus sed incolae amicitiam negabant.
5 Cur agricolas Graeciae superas?

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1 Primo amicitiam incolarum rogabat .

2 Feminas Galliae non monebatis et nunc in viis ambulant .

3 Italiam semper amabam , et nunc amo .

4 In insula Sicilia pugnabamus sed incolae amicitiam negabant (deny/refuse, 3rd person plural imperfect active indicative .

5 Cur agricolas superas .


Vocabulary
ambulō, -&#257re walk
amīcitia, -ae f friendship
cum (prep. + abl.) with, together with
cūr...? (interrogative adv.) why...?
fēmina, -ae f woman, female
Gallia, -ae f Gaul
Graecia, -ae f Greece
incola, -ae f inhabitant
nunc (adv.) now
pugnō, -āre fight
prīmō (adv) at first
rogō, -āre (+acc.) ask for

1. At first he was asking for the friendship of the inhabitants
2. You didn't used to warn the Gaulish women, and now they are walking on the streets.
3. I always used to love Italy, and I love it now.
4.We were fighting in the Sicilian isle, but the inhabitants denied their friendship.
5.Why do you overcome the farmers of Greece?

Posted by joshua at November 23, 2004 04:30 PM
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