Salve, Magistra Quid Nomen Tibi Est? Mihi Nomen Est

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Salve, Magistra

Quid nomen tibi est?


Mihi nomen est…
Chapter 1
TWO ROMAN GIRLS

Ecce! In pictūrā est puella, nomine


Cornēlia. Cornēlia est puella Rōmāna quae in
Italiā habitat. Etiam in pictūrā est vīlla rūstica
ubi Cornēlia aestāte habitat. Cornēlia est
laeta quod iam in vīllā habitat. Cornēlia iam 5
sub arbore sedet et legit. Etiam in pictūrā est
altera puella, nōmine Flāvia. Flāvia est puella
Rōmāna quae in vīllā vīcīnā habitat. Dum
Cornēlia legit, Flāvia scrībit. Laeta est Flāvia
quod Cornēlia iam in vīllā 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. Quis est Cornelia?
2. Ubi habitat Cornelia?
3. Cur est Cornelia laeta?
4. Quid facit Cornelia?
5. Ubi habitat Flavia?
6. Quid facit Flavia?
7. Cur est Flavia laeta?
Let’s Review
•Latin sentences have a more flexible word
order than English.
Puella in villa habitat. In villa puella habitat.
Habitat in villa puella…
•Latin doesn’t 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 pronoun is used in place of a A verb tells what action someone
A noun is the name of a person, noun in a sentence. A pronoun or something is doing, or it can
place or thing. may take the place of the name of express a state of being.
a person, place, or thing.
Person Place Action State
Thing I we of Being
girl school you you run jump am
pencil (y’all) is
boy home he, she, it they sit ask are
jacket was
teacher store think talk
dog were

Adjective Article Adverb


An adjective describes a noun or The words a, an, and the belong An adverb describes a verb,
a pronoun. An adjective tells to a special group of adjectives adjective, or another adverb. An
what kind, how many, or which called articles. An article can be adverb tells how, when, where, or
one. used before a noun in a sentence. to what degree.

What Kind How Many A An When How Where To


Which One The What Degree
happy more a dog an apple today quickly outside
this the boy barely
brave six a rabbit an ant
that the bird

Preposition Conjunction Interjection


A preposition combines with a A conjunction joins together single An interjection expresses strong
noun or pronoun to form a phrase words or groups of words in a feeling or emotion. An interjection
that tells something about another sentence. can be a single word or a phrase.
word in a sentence. It very often
refers to location in time or space. and but or Help! Oh!
nor Ouch!
from to Ugh! Whew!
until Ah!
over with My goodness! Look out!
after Oh dear!
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. verbum

In pictura est altera puella, adiectivum

nomine Flavia. 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 villā rusticā habitat.
Cornelia in villā rusticā est laeta quod sub arbore legit. In villā vicinā
habitat altera puella Romana, nomine Flavia.
Hodie Cornelia in villā sedet et legit. Ubi est Flavia? Ecce! Etiam in
villā sedet Flavia. Quid facit Flavia? Flavia scribit dum Cornelia legit. Flavia
est laeta quod in villā scribit.

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