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.


1 comment:

Elizabeth Wickland said...

A. Decline the following nouns:

luna, lunae, lunae, lunam, luna
lunae, lunarum, lunis, lunas, lunis

stella, stellae, stellae, stellam, stella,
stellae, stellarum, stellis, stellas, stellis

terra, terrae, terrae, terram, terra,
terrae, terrarum, terris, terras, terris

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 - acc pl/DO
puellam - acc s/DO
luna - nom s/PN
stellae - nom pl/PN
terram - acc s/DO
magistrae - nom pl/PN
stellam - acc s/DO
lunae - nom pl/PN
terras - acc pl/DO
puella - nom s/PN
*aqua - nom s/PN
*portas - acc pl/DO
*sententiam - acc s/DO
*casae - nom pl/PN
*latebras - acc pl/DO

C. Translate the following sentences:

1. Lunae non sunt stellae.
Moons are not stars.

2. Puella est discipula.
The girl is a student.

3. Deus terram et lunam et stellas creat.
God creates the earth and moon and stars.

4. Mater et pater puellam amant.
The mother and father love the girl.

5. Magistra et discipulae stellas creant.
The teacher and students are making stars.

6. The boy is working.
Puer laborat.

7. The teacher is carrying a moon.
Magistra (magister) lunam portat.

8. You love the earth.
Terram amas.

9. We are carrying the girls.
Puellas portamus.

10. The students are thinking.
Discipulae cogitant.