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CH 2: A Summer
Afternoon
Topics: subjects, verbs, linking
verbs, complements, Subject/verb
agreement, the Roman Family
Pre-Reading Questions
Whom do you see in the picture?
 What are the girls doing?
 What is the setting of the picture?
 What do you see under the tree?
 Can anyone give me an English sentence
with a subject, linking verb and
complement?
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Pre-reading Questions (con’t)
Take a look at the vocab on pg 7
 All of the verbs in CH 1 ended in –t. Two
verbs in the vocab list end in –nt. What
does this mean?
 What plural noun do you see in the
vocabulary list?
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Chapter 2
A SUMMER AFTERNOON
Cornēlia est puella Rōmāna. Flāvia quoque est puella Rōmāna. Cornēlia
et Flāvia sunt puellae Rōmānae quae in Italiā habitant. Cornēlia et Flāvia
sunt amīcae. Hodiē puellae nōn sedent sed in agrīs ambulant. Brevī
tempore Cornēlia dēfessa est. Nōn iam ambulat sed sub arbore sedet.
Flāvia, quae est puella strēnua, in agrīs currit. Brevī tempore Flāvia quoque
est dēfessa. Iam Flāvia et Cornēlia sub arbore sedent quod dēfessae sunt.
Dum puellae sub arbore sedent, Cornēlia legit et Flāvia scrībit. Tandem
puellae ex agrīs ad vīllam rūsticam lentē ambulant.
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1.
Who are Cornelia and Flavia?
2.
Where do they live?
3.
What is their relationship?
4.
What are the girls doing today?
5.
How does Cornelia feel?
6.
What does she do?
7.
What kind of girl is Flavia?
8.
What two things does she do?
9.
What do the two girls do together under the tree?
10. What do they do after that?
Grammar Preview
Using printed copy of story underline
singular sentences in one color and plural
sentences with another.
 6 columns: singular and plural nouns,
singular and plural adj, singular and plural
verbs. Place every subject, adjective, verb
and complement in table. Students fill in
missing forms (ignore proper names)
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What is the difference between the first sentence and the second?
Puella in villā habitat.
Puellae in villā habitant.
How does Latin make a subject plural?
What else changes in the sentence?
Singular subject:
singular verb:
puella, amica, villa
+
Puella in villā habitat.
Amica in agris currit.
Villa in Italiā est.
habitat, currit, est
plural subject:
plural verb:
puellae, amicae, villae
+
habitant, currunt, sunt
Puellae in villā habitant.
Amicae in agris currunt.
Villae in Italiā sunt.
How would you make this
sentence plural?
The noun must end in –ae
and the verb in –nt.
laeta
When the subject has an
adjective…
laetae..
…the adjective becomes
plural too.
Singulars & Plurals
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If the subject of a Latin sentence is singular, the
verb must be singular.
If the subject of a Latin sentence is plural, the
verb must be plural.
This is called “agreement”.
Singular subjects end in –a, singular verbs end
in –t: Puella ambulat. Puella in villā est.
Plural subjects end in –ae, plural verbs end in
–nt: Puellae ambulant. Puellae in villā sunt.
1. Cornelia est puella.
Cornelia et Flavia sunt puellae.
2. Puella in Italiā habitat.
Puellae in Italiā habitant.
3. Puella in agris non sedet.
Puellae in agris non sedent.
4. Puella in agris ambulat.
Puellae in agris ambulant.
5. Cornelia defessa est.
Cornelia et Flavia defessae sunt.
6. Villa in Italiā est.
Villae in Italiā sunt.
7. Puella laeta sub arbore sedet.
Puellae laetae sub arbore sedent.
Choose the correct word to complete the sentence.
Then translate each sentence.
1. Puella in villā vicinā habitat.
habitat / habitant
2. Amica in agris ambulat.
ambulat / ambulant
3. Cornelia et Flavia sunt amicae.
est / sunt
4. Puellae in agris non iam currunt.
currit / currunt
5. Quid hodie faciunt puellae?
facit / faciunt
6. Flavia est strenua.
strenua / strenuae
7. Puellae sub arbore sedent.
puella / puellae
8. Defessae sunt Cornelia et Flavia.
Cornelia / Cornelia et Flavia
9. Puella strenua non est Cornelia.
Cornelia / Cornelia et Flavia
10. Amicae ad villam lente ambulant.
amica / amicae
Chapter 2
A SUMMER AFTERNOON
Cornēlia est puella Rōmāna. Flāvia quoque est puella Rōmāna. Cornēlia
et Flāvia sunt puellae Rōmānae quae in Italiā habitant. Cornēlia et Flāvia
sunt amīcae. Hodiē puellae nōn sedent sed in agrīs ambulant. Brevī
tempore Cornēlia dēfessa est. Nōn iam ambulat sed sub arbore sedet.
Flāvia, quae est puella strēnua, in agrīs currit. Brevī tempore Flāvia quoque
est dēfessa. Iam Flāvia et Cornēlia sub arbore sedent quod dēfessae sunt.
Dum puellae sub arbore sedent, Cornēlia legit et Flāvia scrībit. Tandem
puellae ex agrīs ad vīllam rūsticam lentē ambulant.
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2a. Responde Latine
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Ubi habitant Cornelia et Flavia?
Quid faciunt puellae hodie?
Quid facit Cornelia quod defessa est?
Quid faciunt puellae sub arbore?
A linking verb like est doesn’t express action. It connects the
subject with more information about the subject.
Cornelia est puella Romana.
“Est” isn’t something Cornelia can do. It just connects Cornelia
to more information about her, namely that she is a puella
Romana. It acts like an = sign.
Cornelia = puella Romana
Other examples.
Cornelia et Flavia sunt amicae.
Brevi tempore Cornelia est defessa.
A complement provides the extra information about the
subject introduced by the linking verb. It is called a
complement because it completes the sentence. Think of a
predicate noun or adjective
A complement can be another noun.
Cornelia est puella.
A complement can be an adjective.
Flavia est strenua.
A complement can be a noun and an adjective.
Cornelia non est puella strenua.
Which sentences do NOT contain linking verbs
and complements?
1. Cornelia in agris currit.
2. Cornelia et Flavia sunt amicae.
3. Flavia laeta sub arbore sedet.
4. Cornelia ad villam lente ambulat.
5. Brevi tempore puellae sunt defessae.
6. Defessae puellae sunt amicae.
7. Defessae puellae in villā sedent.
8. Magistra non est puella Romana.
Now put a line under each linking verb and circle
each complement.
Can you produce your own singular and
plural sentences using the vocabulary you
know?
Nomina:
puella
Adiectiva:
Verba:
laeta
legit / legunt
villa
Romana
currit / currunt
Cornelia
defessa
scribit / scribunt
Flavia
strenua
ambulat / ambulant
amica
sedet / sedent
habitat / habitant
est / sunt
Find the mistake.
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Puella non sedent, sed in agris ambulant.
 The subject puella is singular, but the verbs are
plural. Change puella to puellae OR change
sedent /ambulant to sedet/ambulat.
Flavia est defessae.
 Flavia is singular, but defessae is plural. Change
it to defessa.
Flavia et Cornelia sunt puella Romanae.
 Flavia and Cornelia make a plural subject, but
puella is singular. Change it to puellae.