Let's look at the singular and plural forms of the nouns explained on page 14. Latin has three genders: masculine, feminine, and neuter. We will focus, for now, only on the first two.
Noun Gender Singular Plural
Feminine puella -a puellae -ae
Masculine servus -us servi -i
Masculine puer pueri
Masculine vir viri
Feminine nouns generally end in -a, for now, and masculine end in -us or -er but there are exceptions as with 'vir' above. -- for the singular forms.
Feminine nouns generally end in -ae, for now, and masculine end in -i. --for the plural forms. Look at the list above and on page 14.
To get some practice with this do the exercise on the link below. You will learn the forms effortlessly.
Nouns-singular/plural forms
Now, let's also do a vocabulary review using the words on page 13. You will need to memorize these words, preparing for a quiz. Learn them while also thinking of English Derivatives, words that have come into English from Latin. For example, 'multi' gives us what English word? 'laborant' gives us what English word? The English derivatives will be extra credit on our quizzes so think of several, they will help you remember the Latin vocabulary too. Try this link for a vocabulary exercise:
vocabulary chapter 3 part 1
Do this again using other vocabulary.
vocabulary chapter 3 part 2
Well done. Using this vocabulary try your hand at sentence creation using pictures. It will be confusing at first but look at the vocabulary on page 13 and match it to the pictures then fill in the field. There are two exercises to this, do each. Also, Latin puts the verb at the end of its sentences. Just follow the pictures in order presented.
composition 1
composition 2
Ready to try a practice quiz on the vocabulary? Go to the next link. You may use your textbook to help if stuck.
quiz 1 practice
Read the story on page 13, try to mimic the pronunciation. Use the picture of the activity on page 12 to guide you. The object falling into the pond is a 'stele', it served to commemorate a deceased person. Translate the story from page 13 into your notebook. NOTE: Number your translated sentences for my review, this story has 14 sentences, so list your translation with 14 sentences. Use the blog -- Tuus Blogus -- if you have a question.
'Davus' in this page 13 story is a slave taken from Britain. Slaves came from all over the Empire and were plentiful, even a middle class family had two or three slaves in Rome. Sadly, slaves were taken as acts of violence when a town lost to Roman soldiers. Roman soldiers were well equipped, disciplined and trained compared to the usually disorganized defenders. This video shows the training, discipline and machines used.
Noun Gender Singular Plural
Feminine puella -a puellae -ae
Masculine servus -us servi -i
Masculine puer pueri
Masculine vir viri
Feminine nouns generally end in -a, for now, and masculine end in -us or -er but there are exceptions as with 'vir' above. -- for the singular forms.
Feminine nouns generally end in -ae, for now, and masculine end in -i. --for the plural forms. Look at the list above and on page 14.
To get some practice with this do the exercise on the link below. You will learn the forms effortlessly.
Nouns-singular/plural forms
Now, let's also do a vocabulary review using the words on page 13. You will need to memorize these words, preparing for a quiz. Learn them while also thinking of English Derivatives, words that have come into English from Latin. For example, 'multi' gives us what English word? 'laborant' gives us what English word? The English derivatives will be extra credit on our quizzes so think of several, they will help you remember the Latin vocabulary too. Try this link for a vocabulary exercise:
vocabulary chapter 3 part 1
Do this again using other vocabulary.
vocabulary chapter 3 part 2
Well done. Using this vocabulary try your hand at sentence creation using pictures. It will be confusing at first but look at the vocabulary on page 13 and match it to the pictures then fill in the field. There are two exercises to this, do each. Also, Latin puts the verb at the end of its sentences. Just follow the pictures in order presented.
composition 1
composition 2
Ready to try a practice quiz on the vocabulary? Go to the next link. You may use your textbook to help if stuck.
quiz 1 practice
Read the story on page 13, try to mimic the pronunciation. Use the picture of the activity on page 12 to guide you. The object falling into the pond is a 'stele', it served to commemorate a deceased person. Translate the story from page 13 into your notebook. NOTE: Number your translated sentences for my review, this story has 14 sentences, so list your translation with 14 sentences. Use the blog -- Tuus Blogus -- if you have a question.
'Davus' in this page 13 story is a slave taken from Britain. Slaves came from all over the Empire and were plentiful, even a middle class family had two or three slaves in Rome. Sadly, slaves were taken as acts of violence when a town lost to Roman soldiers. Roman soldiers were well equipped, disciplined and trained compared to the usually disorganized defenders. This video shows the training, discipline and machines used.
chapter 3 vocabulary quiz
When your teacher tells you, open this link and go to the vocabulary quiz. Remember it comes with a date and time stamp so we know when it was filled out.
English to Latin Vocabulary Quiz
Content-Grammar Quiz
English to Latin Vocabulary Quiz
Content-Grammar Quiz