The Beginner's Latin Exercises. Adjectives of 1st Class, Three Terminations, -us, -a, -um.
TODO
- Exercise A shows what has to be learnt and written in preparation for the next exercises (and future lessons).
- Exercise B contains viva voce Exercises.
- Exercise C (from Latin) and Exercise D (from English) contain the sentences to be translated, either orally or in writing.
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REQUIREMENTS
Vocabulary 6. First Class Adjectives, -us, -a, -um.
- altus, -a, -um, high.
- magnus, -a, -um, great.
- parvus, -a, -um, little, small.
- longus, -a, -um, long.
- latus, -a, -um, wide, broad.
- malus, -a, -um, bad, wicked.
- carus, -a, -um, dear.
- acutus, -a, -um, sharp.
- albus, -a, -um, white.
- flavus, -a, -um, yellow.
- multus, -a, -um, many.
- splendidus, -a, -um, splendid, bright.
- meus, -a, -um, my.
EXERCISES
Exercise A
- Learn Vocabulary 4-6, the Syntax Rule 6., how to decline bonus, -a, -um.
- Decline magnus, -a, -um fully.
- Decline together parva filia; malus filius; latum scutum.
- Parse logas mensas; album equum; magnorum oppidorum.
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Exercise B
1. Put the proper form of bonus before the following nouns, and read thus: bona regina, a good queen:
- regina; librorum; portam.
- servis (DAT); templa; poetam.
- muri (GEN); donum; cultros.
- mensam; scuto (ABL); ferri.
- aquilas; coronae (DAT); metallorum.
Exercise C: read and translate from Latin.
- Anrum est flavum metallum.
- Argentum est album metallum.
- Oculi puellarum parvi et pulchri sunt.
- Dominus multos servos habet.
- Filia mea est bona puella.
- Filii mei sunt mali pueri.
- Hortus amici mei longus et latus est.
- Amicus meus album equum habet
- Muri oppidi sunt lati et alti.
- Femina longam mensam habet.
- Puella albam rosam habet.
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Exercise D: read and translate from English.
- The queen's crown is splendid.
- The gates of the garden are high.
- The temples of Rome are splendid.
- The sword is long and sharp.
- The shields are large and broad.
- Rome has many temples.
- My friend has white roses.
- My gardens have high walls.
- The master's pen is sharp.
- The yellow rose has sharp thorns.
- The poet loves (his) dear daughters.
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CREDITS
C.Sherwill Dawe, The Beginner's Latin Exercises Book, 1880, Rivington, Waterloo Place, London; read the book on archive.org.
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