November 24, 2004

Exercises Ib

6 Amicitiam puellarum sperabatis, O nautae, sed non impetratis.
7 Feminae Graeciae cum agricolis Italiae erant sed amicitiam negabant et pecuniam semper rogabant.

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Unless otherwise indicated, verbs are in the active voice and indicative mood.

6 Amicitiam puellarum sperabatis , O nautae , sed non impetratis .

7 Feminae Graeciae cum agricolis Italiae erant sed amicitiam negabant et pecuniam semper rogabant

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Vocabulary
amicitia, -ae f friendship
puella, -ae f girl
spērō, -āre +acc. hope for
nauta, -ae m sailor
imeptrō, -āre ask/request

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6. The friendship of the girls you hope for, O sailors, but you do not request [it].
7. The Greek women are with the Italian men but [they] used to refuse [their] friendship and ask for money.

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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?

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