1. Horatia ursa erat.
Subject:
Verb (parse it too):
parse ursa:
2. illa in amphitheatro Carthaginis vivit.
Subject:
Verb (parse it too):
parse amphiteatro:
3. corpus Horatiae erat magnum et pingue.
Subject:
Verb (parse it too):
parse pingue:
4. dentes Horatiae erant ferocissimi et acerrimi.
Subject:
Verb (parse it too):
parse ferocissimi:
5. totus populus ab ursa terrebatur: talem asperam faciem habebat ursa!
Subject:
Verb(s) (parse them too):
parse faciem:
6. tamen Horatia in immensa arena ludere gaudebat.
Subject:
Verb(s) (parse them too):
parse arena:
7. uno die cum tauro pugnabat, Horatia aprum qui velociter currebat spectabat.
Subject:
Verb (parse it too):
parse die:
8. aper avarus sanguinis ad eam aspiciebat.
Subject:
Verb (parse it too):
parse sanguinis:
9. Horatia iaciebat suum corpus in harenam.
Subject:
Verb (parse it too):
parse suum:
10. sic aper taurum aggrediebatur.
Subject:
Verb (parse it too):
parse taurum:
11. sed Horatia non perfecerat.
Subject:
Verb (parse it too):
These sentences use the vocab from the Perpetua text but are unconnected to the story. You should be ready to translate and explain the grammar of each in class.
1. viros leopardi viderunt.
2. viri bestiam in arena ducere non possunt.
3. Illi hic me reliquerunt, sed nolo in tale spatio exire.
4. aeque, tantam scalam nolumus ascendere.
5. leopardus puerum ante portam vidit.
6. noli apprehendere hunc leopardum! dentes sunt tam acres!
7. pater meus multa verba ad tuos fratres qui non audiebant dicebat.
8. gladius cum quo miles leopardum pugnaverat in via iacet.
9. ursus a milite calcabatur sed non dolebat.
Translate the following sentences into Latin and answer the questions. Use the vocab list; don’t just look up random words online and (obviously!) don't just use google translate or ChatGPT/whatever
1. This infant wants to see his own mother.
What’s the subject of this sentence?
What word do you want for “his own”?
2. My brother used to tell a story about his own father who did not abandon them.
What tenses will your verbs be? Why?
What pronoun will you use for the relative clause?
3. To whom was your mother married?
What verb tense did you use here? Why?
4. Our friend is more distinguished than that guy.
What are two ways to translate the comparison into Latin?
5. I was away from my father for a whole year.
How should you translate “for a whole year”? Why?
6. Your turn: write two interesting sentences in Latin and include an English translation.