Latin for Beginners eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 433 pages of information about Latin for Beginners.

Latin for Beginners eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 433 pages of information about Latin for Beginners.

LESSON V, Sec. 47

  NOUNS
  coro:’na\, _wreath, garland, crown_
   fa:’bula, _story_ (fable)
  
pecu:’nia\, money (pecuniary)
  pugna\, _battle_ (pugnacious)
  
victo:’ria\, victory

  VERBS
  dat\, _he (she, it) gives_
   na:rrat, _he (she, it) tells_ (narrate)

  CONJUNCTION[A]
  quia\ or quod\, because

  cui\ (pronounced _c[oo]i_, one syllable), interrog. pronoun, dat.
    sing., _to whom?_ _for whom?_

    [Footnote A:  A conjunction is a word which connects words, parts
    of sentences, or sentences.]

LESSON VI, Sec. 56

ADJECTIVES bona\, _good_ gra:ta\, pleasing magna\, _large, great_ mala\, bad, wicked parva\, _small, little_ pulchra\, beautiful, pretty so:la\, _alone_

  NOUNS
  ancil’la, _maidservant_
  Iu:lia, _Julia_

  ADVERBS[A]
  cu:r\, _why_
  
no:n\, not

  PRONOUNS
  mea\, _my_; tua, _thy, your_ (possesives)
  
quid\, interrog. pronoun, nom. and acc. sing., what?

/-ne\, the question sign, an enclitic (Sec. 16) added to the first word, which, in a question, is usually the verb, as amat\, _he loves_, but amat’ne?\ does he love? est, he is; estne?\ _is he?_ Of course -ne\ is not used when the sentence contains quis, cu:r, or some other interrogative word.

    [Footnote A:  An adverb is a word used to modify a verb, an
    adjective, or another adverb; as, She sings sweetly; she is
    very talented; she began to sing very early.]

LESSON VII, Sec. 62

NOUNS casa, -ae\, f., _cottage_ ce:na, -ae, f., _dinner_ galli:’na, -ae\, f., hen, chicken i:n’sula, ae\, f., _island_ (pen-insula)

  ADVERBS
  
de-in’de\, then, in the next place
  ubi\, _where_

  PREPOSITION
  ad\, _to_, with acc. to express motion toward

  PRONOUN
  quem\, interrog. pronoun, acc. sing., _whom?_

  VERBS
  ha’bitat, he (she, it) lives, is living, does live (inhabit)
  laudat\, _he (she, it) praises, is praising, does praise_ (laud)
  
parat\, he (she, it) prepares, is preparing, does prepare
  vocat\, _he (she, it) calls, is calling, does call; invites,
    is inviting, does invite_ (vocation)

LESSON VIII, Sec. 69

  NOUNS
  Italia, -ae\, f., _Italy_
   Sicilia, -ae, f., _Sicily_
  
tuba, -ae\, f., trumpet (tube)
  via, -ae\, f., _way, road, street_ (viaduct)

ADJECTIVES alta\, _high, deep_ (altitude) cla:ra\, clear, bright; famous la:ta\, _wide_ (latitude) longa\, long (longitude) nova\, _new_ (novelty)

LESSON IX, Sec. 77

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