Summer Fun.... Week Nine

Guess what? I'm on VACATION!! That means you get a week of vacation, too! This week I have a few videos for you to watch, including two that have silly songs to help you remember imperfect endings and the present tense conjugation of amo. You can work on singing these silly songs all week, as they are sure to get stuck in your head! But first, a fable (derived from fabula, meaning story) from Aesop:



Now, for the silliness.... ;) Here is the verb amo in the present tense, conjugated by singing paintings.



That was the present tense, but you remember your imperfect tense endings, right? Just to make sure, let's review....

-bam (I was _________ing)

-bas (you were ________ing)

-bat (he, she, it was _______ing)

-bamus (we were ________ing)

-batis (you all were _______ing)

-bant (they were _________ing)

So.... how would you translate each of these words? (remember, amo means "I love".) Answers are after the video!!

amabat

amabamus

amabant

amabam

amabatis

amabas

Here's a little video to help you remember the imperfect tense endings! (It is even sillier than the last. **Magistra Wickland shakes her head at all the silliness**)


And now for the answers....

amabat = he, she, it was loving

amabamus = we were loving

amabant = they were loving

amabam = I was loving

amabatis = you all were loving

amabas = you were loving

Did you get all the answers correct?? I hope so! If not, you know what to review this week! Have a great one! (I should be back from vacation next week, but if there's no blog post, I'll be back the week after that!)

Summer Fun... Week Eight!

A FEW VIDEOS:

Last week we learned about the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd declensions. This week we are going to discuss the gender of nouns and the neuter endings for nouns of the 2nd and 3rd declensions. Enjoy the show!!








A QUOTE:

tempus fugit 

You know from the video above that tempus means 'time' and, as the picture above suggests, fugit means flies, though not in the way you're thinking. Tempus Fugit means time is fleeting, it is passing quickly, it is flying right by us. Time flies when you're having fun.... !

AN EXERCISE:

The following nouns are all 2nd declension. Identify whether they are masculine or neuter, based on what you learned from the video above.

bellum, belli

vir, viri

servus, servi

puer, pueri

vallum, valli

hortus, horti

periculum, periculi

verbum, verbi

filius, fili

ager, agri

When you have finished identifying each one as masculine or neuter, you can check your answers below.

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bellum, belli - NEUTER

vir, viri - MASCULINE

servus, servi - MASCULINE

puer, pueri - MASCULINE

vallum, valli - NEUTER

hortus, horti - MASCULINE

periculum, periculi - NEUTER

verbum, verbi - NEUTER

filius, fili - MASCULINE

ager, agri - MASCULINE

Summer Fun... Week Seven!

A FEW VIDEOS:

These videos cover the noun forms for the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd declensions. There are several of them, but they are pretty short. Enjoy!







A QUOTE:

mea culpa

The phrase mea culpa literally means "my fault" and is said as a sort of apology when you have done something wrong. It is the Latin equivalent (and a much classier way) of saying "my bad." Any guesses which declension the noun culpa belongs to? If you guessed the 1st declension, you're right!

EXERCISES:

Instead of a translation story this week, I have a couple exercises for you to practice what you learned (or reviewed) in the videos above.

Give the declension (1st, 2nd, or 3rd) of each noun by looking at the genitive ending. When you are finished with that, decline the nouns marked with an asterisk (*) using the correct endings. 

princeps, principis ___________

*domina, dominae ____________

*leo, leonis __________________

*servus, servi ________________

puer, pueri _________________

Did you figure them all out? Did you get them all right?

DON'T SCROLL DOWN UNTIL YOU HAVE IT DONE!

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princeps, principis - 3rd

domina, dominae - 1st

domina     dominae

dominae   dominarum

dominae   dominis

dominam  dominas

domina     dominis

leo, leonis - 3rd

leo         leones

leonis     leonum

leoni       leonibus

leonem   leones

leone      leonibus

servus, servi - 2nd

servus     servi

servi       servorum

servo      servis

servum    servos

servo      servis

puer, pueri - 2nd*

*This was almost a trick question! The nominative ends in -er, but puer is a 2nd declension noun because its genitive ends in -i. This is part of why it's so important to work carefully in Latin!

Summer Fun... Week Six!

A COUPLE VIDEOS:

The first video gives an overview for all of the noun cases in Latin. The students don't learn how to use all 5 cases until 7th grade, but this is a good introduction for students and overview for parents. The second video focuses in on the nominative and accusative cases, which students learn early on, so this is a good review.




A COUPLE QUOTES:

You are, no doubt, very familiar with these two quotes, or at least with their abbreviations. We use them regularly, though you perhaps didn't know that the abbreviations stood for Latin. Can you figure out what they mean?

ante meridiem

post meridiem

These two are typically abbreviated am and pm and used with reference to time. Have you figured it out yet? ante meridiem means "before noon" and post meridiem means "after noon." That's why we use am to mean morning and pm to mean afternoon! Look carefully at the ending of meridiem. What case is it?

A STORY:

This week we continue our story of Aeneas and Elissa as he tells about the fall of Troy. As with previous weeks, there are probably words you will encounter in this story which you have not yet learned. I recommend using the following website to look up words you don't know:

http://www.latin-dictionary.net/

Aeneas miseram fortunam Troianorum pulchrae reginae narrabat. 

Aeneas: "Graeci Troiam occupabant. nostros viros feminasque cum amicis ad oppidi portam convocabam. propter periculum sacra deorum ad portam portabamus et Anchisae dabamus. mei servi frumentum et aquam parabant. meis amicis servisque gladios dabam. Anchises deso invocabat: 'amabatis Troiam Troianosque. ubi estis? spectatisne nostra pericula? inter multa pericula laboramus. nonne amant dei nostram patriam?' "

The translation of the story is in the comments. Have a great week!