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I taught Latin and English for 30 years in Public and Private high schools. After retirement, I began to teach Latin in my home on both the elementary and secondary levels. I use a variety of Latin texts and incorporate scripture from St. Jerome's Latin Vulgate into my curriculum. Presently I am teaching students in my home who live in the South Carolina Low Country, but I welcome online students, as well.
For information contact me at epeterson6@sc.rr.com.







Saturday, August 31, 2013

Latin conversation

adjective--------------------------------------adjectivum

afternoon ------------------------------------postmeridianum
again ------------------------------------------iterum
adverb ----------------------------------------adverbium
answer ---------------------------------------responde (respondete)
You have answered correctly --------recte respondisti (respondistis)
Pay attention ------------------------------attende (attendite)  
begin------------------------------------------incipe (incipite)
Begin to read------------------------------incipe (incipite) legere
Write on the board----------------------scribe in tabula
book------------------------------------------liber
Close your books------------------------libros claude (claudite)
open your books-------------------------libros aperi (aperite)
Lay aside your book--------------------depone librum (deponite libros)   Case                                                            Casus
nominative                                                       nominativus genitive                                                            genitivus dative                                                               dativus accusative                                                        accusativus ablative                                                             ablativus  

In what case is the noun?----------------In quo casu est nomen?
ceiling--------------------------------------------tectum –i
chapter-------------------------------------------caput
chair-----------------------------------------------sella
Christmas---------------------------------------Christi dies natalis
clock----------------------------------------------horologium
close----------------------------------------------claude (claudite)
what conjugation?----------------------------Quae conjugatio?  
What declension?----------------------------quae declinatio?
Door------------------------------------------------ianua  
English-------------------------------------------Anglica
in English---------------------------------------Anglice
Answer in English--------------------------Responde (respondete) Anglice  
floor----------------------------------------------solum  
gender                                          genus
masculine                                     masculinum feminine                                       femininum neuter                                          neutrum

Of what gender is the noun?-----------------cuius generis est nomen?
good--------------------------------------------------Bene
Goodbye--------------------------------------------vale (valete)
grade-------------------------------------------------gradus  
hall----------------------------------------------------atrium –i
hour---------------------------------------------------hora
how are you---------------------------------------Quid agis?  
interjection------------------------------------------interiectio  
I know------------------------------------------------scio
I don’t know---------------------------------------nescio  
answer in Latin----------------------------------responde Latine
read in Latin--------------------------------------lege (legite) Latine
read the next sentence in Latin-----------lege  Latine
Let’s talk Latin-----------------------------------Latine colloquamur
Listen------------------------------------------------audi
look at the board------------------------------ad tabulam specta (spectate)
Speak louder-------------------------------------clarius loquere  
what is the matter-----------------------------quid est?
what does _________ mean?-------------quid significat ___________?
good morning------------------------------------salve (salvete)  
name------------------------------------------------nomen
no-----------------------------------------------------minime
noon-------------------------------------------------meridies
notebook-------------------------------------------libellus  
object-----------------------------------------------objectivum  
page-------------------------------------------------pagina
do you have a pencil?-------------------------habesne graphidem
paper------------------------------------------------charta
pen---------------------------------------------------penna
person----------------------------------------------persona
picture----------------------------------------------pictura
please----------------------------------------------Quaeso
preposition---------------------------------------praepositio
pronoun
personal                                personale  
possessive                            possessivum  
demonstrative                        demonstrativum  
intensive                                intentivum

pupil-------------------------------------------------discipulus
put---------------------------------------------------pone (ponite  
Questions----------------------------------------interrogationes  
read------------------------------------------------lege
read more slowly-----------------------------lentius recita
recite---------------------------------------------recita (recitate)
remember this--------------------------------hoc memoria tene (tenete)
I don’t remember----------------------------memoria non teneo
repeat-------------------------------------------repete
review this lesson--------------------------hoc persum relege (relegite)
room--------------------------------------------cubiculum
All say it together--------------------------una voce recitates
What did you say?------------------------quid dixisti
school------------------------------------------schola
sentence--------------------------------------sententia
stop---------------------------------------------siste
story--------------------------------------------fabula
what is the subject------------------------quid est subiectum  
table---------------------------------------------mensa
teacher-----------------------------------------m. magister f. magistra
in what tense is the verb?---------------in quo tempore est verbum
Thank you-------------------------------------Gratias ago
Thanksgiving day---------------------------Dies gratiarum agendarum
what time is it?------------------------------quota hora est
today--------------------------------------------hodie
tomorrow--------------------------------------cras  
Do you  understand?----------------------intelligisne  
verb                                    verbum
transitive                                  transitivum  
intransitive                                intransitivum

look in your vocabulary----------------------vocabularium consule  
wall--------------------------------------------------murus
what?-----------------------------------------------quid?
when?-----------------------------------------------quo in tempore?
Where?----------------------------------------------ubi
who?--------------------------------------------------quis
whom?-----------------------------------------------quem?
by whom?------------------------------------------a quo?
with whom?----------------------------------------quocum?
whose?----------------------------------------------cuius?
why?--------------------------------------------------cur?
To whom?-------------------------------------------cui?
window-----------------------------------------------fenestra
work---------------------------------------------------labor
write---------------------------------------------------scribe
write on the board--------------------------------scribe in tabula  
yes-----------------------------------------------------ita, sic
yesterday--------------------------------------------heri          




Saturday, April 27, 2013

Lusus verborum (puns)

 

Exemplum (example) – What kind of fish are not good to eat? Boni.

  1. Anyone can ask a question but it takes more than a goose to do what to it?
  2. What is safe to do to tin horns?
  3. What kind of cereal is good for man?
  4. What do some animals do when they fight?
  5. What do we find at the heart of an apple?
  6. When you father saw weeds in the garden, what did he ask you to do?
  7. If two boys were fighting over a part  of an apple, what would you do?
  8. What other adverb may you use instead of also?
  9. What is it that your mother gives you that you especially like?
  10. What are the newsboys outside calling?

Urbana verba

 

Yes ma’am — sic Domina [SEEk Doe’mean’ah]

Yes sir – sic Domine [SEEk DOE’mean’ay]

Please – quaeso [QUYso]

Thank you – gratias [GROTeeos]

Your welcome – nihil est [KNEEhill EST]

I’m hungry – esurio [ EEsireeo]

What are we having for… dinner --  quid habemus pro cena [QUID HOBaymoos PRO KENah]

…lunch – …pro prandio [pro PRONdeeoh]

…breakfast – ….pro ientaculo [pro YENtack’you’low]

Happy birthday – felicem tibi natalem diem [felleesem tibee natalem dee’em]

Introductiones

Hello – salve [SALway]

Goodbye – vale [WALLay]

How are you – quid agis, or ut vales [quid ogis, or oot walees]

  • I am fine, and you – Bonus, et tu [BONEoos, et too]
  • I am not well – Male sum [MALLay soom]
  • I am very good – Optime sum [OPtimay soom]
  • I am very bad – pessimme sum [PESSimay soom]

What is your name – quid est nomen tibi [quid est NOmen tibee]

My name is…. – mehe nomen est… [mehe NOmen est]

Where do you live – ubi habitas [OObee HOBitoss]

How old are you -- quot anni es [quote onnee es]

Tempestas et tempus

 

  • How’s the weather today – quaenam est tempestas hodia [QUYnom est temPEStoss HOEdeeay]

The sun is shining – Sol lucet [sole LUKEet]

It’s raining – pluit [PLOOit]

It’s snowing – ningit [NINGgit]

It is cloudy – est nubilus [est NUBEi’loose]

It is stormy – est turbidus [est TURBi’duse]

  • What time is it – quid est tempus [quid est TEMpoose]

prima hora-1 o’clock [PRIMEah OREah]

secunda-2 [sehCOONdah]

tertia-3 [TEARteeah]

quarta-4 [QUARTah]

quinta-5 [QUINtah]

sexta-6 [SEXtah]

septema-7 [SEPtemah]

octava-8 [ocTAHwah]

nona-9 [NOnah]

decema-10 [DECKemah]

undecema-11 [UNdeckemah]

duodecema-12 [DUOdeckemah]

Friday, April 26, 2013

Aenigma

May 24 2013-Aenigma

 
1. Cur est circus calidus? (circus - circle)
 
2. Quid habet collum et nullum caput, duae arma sed nullus manus? (nullus - no or none)
 
3. Cur mons tectus cum ningo non capit coldum (coldum - a cold, tectus - covered, ningo - snow, capio - take or sieze)