Thursday, March 20, 2008

Susan Beth's Growing Wordlist...

Nouns:

(1st declension - feminine unless marked (m.) for masculine.)
femina, ae - woman, wife
casa, ae - house
filia, ae - daughter
ursa, ae - bear
aqua, ae - water
mensa, ae - table
insula, ae - island
nauta, ae - (m.) sailor
poeta, ae - (m.) poet
incola, ae - (m.) settler
agricola, ae - (m.) farmer
luna, ae - moon
stella, ae - star
terra, ae - land, earth
magistra, ae - female teacher
discipula, ae - female student
puella, ae - girl

(2nd declension - masculine)
discipulus, i - male student
magister, magistri - male teacher
Deus, i - God
amīcus, i - friend
puer, pueri - boy
vir, viri - man


Verbs:

voco, vocare - to call
sto, stare - to stand
navigo, navigare - to sail
iuvo, iuvare - to help
do, dare - I give
clamo, clamare - I shout
creo, creare - I create
porto, portare - I carry
laboro, laborare - I work
laudō, laudare - I praise
cogitō, cogitare - I think
sum - I am

Prepositions:

n (+abl.) - in, on
ab (+abl.) - from, away from
cum (+abl.) - with (accompaniment)
sine (+abl.) - without
e/ex (+abl.) - out of

Conjunctions and Adverbs:

et - and
non - not

SBB - Week 5 Wordlist (Prepositions)

in (+abl.) - in, on
ab (+abl.) - from, away from
cum (+abl.) - with (accompaniment)
sine (+abl.) - without
e/ex (+abl.) - out of

All of these prepositions must be followed by a noun in the ablative case.

Thursday, February 14, 2008

SBB - Week 4 Wordlist

femina, ae - woman, wife
casa, ae - house
filia, ae - daughter
ursa, ae - bear
aqua, ae - water
mensa, ae - table
insula, ae - island
nauta, ae - (m.) sailor
poeta, ae - (m.) poet
incola, ae - (m.) settler
agricola, ae - (m.) farmer
voco, vocare - to call
sto, stare - to stand
navigo, navigare - to sail
iuvo, iuvare - to help

Thursday, January 31, 2008

SBB - Week 3 Exercises

A. Decline the following nouns:
luna, ae
stella, ae
terra, ae

B. Identify the following nouns as nominative or accusative and tell whether they would be used as the direct object or a predicate nominative.
magistras
puellam
luna
stellae
terram
magistrae
stellam
lunae
terras
puella
*aqua
*portas
*sententiam
*casae
*latebras

*these are words you haven't learned yet, but they are all 1st declension so you should be able to figure out if they are nominative or accusative.

C. Translate the following sentences:

1. Lunae non sunt stellae.

2. Puella est discipula.

3. Deus terram et lunam et stellas creat.

4. Mater et pater puellam amant.

5. Magistra et discipulae stellas creant.

6. The boy is working.

7. The teacher is carrying a moon.

8. You love the earth.

9. We are carrying the girls.

10. The students are thinking.


Thursday, January 10, 2008

SBB - Week 3 Wordlist

  1. do, dare - I give
  2. clamo, clamare - I shout
  3. creo, creare - I create
  4. porto, portare - I carry
  5. laboro, laborare - I work
  6. luna, ae - moon
  7. stella, ae - star
  8. terra, ae - land, earth
  9. magistra, ae - female teacher
  10. magister, magistri - male teacher
  11. discipula, ae - female student
  12. discipulus, i - male student
  13. Deus, i - God
  14. et - and
  15. non - not

1st declension noun endings (with pronunciation):

(ah)

a

ae

(eye)

(eye)

ae

ārum

(ahrum)

(eye)

ae

īs

(ees)

(ahm)

am

ās

(ahs)

(ah)

ā

īs

(ees)