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Ecce Chapter I Two Roman Girls Audite dum Magistra legit…. 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 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. 5 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? Quis est puella? Puella est Cornelia quae aestate in villā rusticā habitat. Cornelia 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. 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 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 (y’all) 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?