Salve, Magistra

Quid nomen tibi est?

Mihi nomen est

Chapter 1

TWO ROMAN GIRLS

Ecce! In pictr est puella, nomine
Cornlia. Cornlia est puella Rmna quae in
Itali habitat. Etiam in pictr est vlla rstica
ubi Cornlia aestte habitat. Cornlia est
laeta quod iam in vll habitat. Cornlia iam
sub arbore sedet et legit. Etiam in pictr est
altera puella, nmine Flvia. Flvia est puella
Rmna quae in vll vcn habitat. Dum
Cornlia legit, Flvia scrbit. Laeta est Flvia
quod Cornlia iam in vll habitat.

1. Who is in the picture?

2. Who is Cornelia?
3. What else is in the picture?
4. When does Cornelia live in the country house?
5. How does Cornelia feel about living there?
6. What is she doing?
7. Who else is in the picture?
8. Who is Flavia?
9. What are the two girls doing?
10. Why is Flavia happy?

1a. Responde Latine

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

Quis est Cornelia?

Ubi habitat Cornelia?
Cur est Cornelia laeta?
Quid facit Cornelia?
Ubi habitat Flavia?
Quid facit Flavia?
Cur est Flavia laeta?

Lets Review
Latin sentences have a more flexible word
order than English.
Puella in villa habitat. In villa puella habitat.
Habitat in villa puella

Latin doesnt have articles (a, an, or the).

Latin, unlike English, has only one present
tense, but it can be translated three ways into
English:
sedet: she sits, she is sitting, she does sit

Parts of Speech
The boy yelled, Help! and he saw
a brave dog quickly run to the rescue.
Noun

Pronoun

Verb

A noun is the name of a person,

place or thing.

A pronoun is used in place of a

noun in a sentence. A pronoun
may take the place of the name of
a person, place, or thing.

A verb tells what action someone

or something is doing, or it can
express a state of being.

Person
Thing
girl
pencil
boy
jacket
teacher
dog

Place
I
you

school

we
you

(yall)
home

he, she, it

they

store

Action
of Being
run
jump
is
sit
ask
was
think talk
were

State
am
are

Adjective

Article

Adverb

An adjective describes a noun or

a pronoun. An adjective tells
what kind, how many, or which
one.

The words a, an, and the belong

to a special group of adjectives
called articles. An article can be
used before a noun in a sentence.

An adverb describes a verb,

adjective, or another adverb. An
adverb tells how, when, where, or
to what degree.

A
The
a dog
the boy
a rabbit
the bird

When How Where To

What Degree
today quickly outside
barely

What Kind
How Many
Which One
happy
more
this
brave
six
that

An
an apple
an ant

Preposition

Conjunction

Interjection

A preposition combines with a

noun or pronoun to form a phrase
that tells something about another
word in a sentence. It very often
refers to location in time or space.

A conjunction joins together single

words or groups of words in a
sentence.

An interjection expresses strong

feeling or emotion. An interjection
can be a single word or a phrase.

and
nor

from
until
over
after

to
with

but

or

Help!
Ouch!
Ugh!
Ah!
My goodness!
Oh dear!

Oh!
Whew!
Look out!

Nomen? Verbum? Adjectivum?

In pictura est puella.

nomen

In pictura est villa ubi

nomen

Cornelia aestate habitat.

nomen

Corrnelia sub arbore sedet

nomen

et legit.
In pictura est altera puella,
nomine Flavia.

verbum
adiectivum
nomen

Dum Cornelia legit,

Flavia scribit.

verbum

Answer the following questions after reading the Introduction on pages xii xv of your
text.
1. Who are the members of the family featured in our reading?

2. When do the readings take place? What important event occurred just prior to
the readings?

3. What sort of place was Baiae? Who lived there? What do you think would be a
modern equivalent?

4. English is considered to be a hybrid between Germanic and Romance

languages. What are the other 5 Romance languages? What other languages
do you think are Germanic?

5. How did Latin words come into English? What does English have that Latin
does not?

Quis est puella? Puella est Cornelia quae aestate in vill rustic habitat.
Cornelia in vill rustic est laeta quod sub arbore legit. In vill vicin
habitat altera puella Romana, nomine Flavia.
Hodie Cornelia in vill sedet et legit. Ubi est Flavia? Ecce! Etiam in
vill sedet Flavia. Quid facit Flavia? Flavia scribit dum Cornelia legit. Flavia
est laeta quod in vill scribit.