Stage 10 Vocab

1. Stage 10 Vocab controversia rhetor docebat hanc meliores quam minime! sententiam argumentum barbaros imperium pacem architecti pontes ubique debate teacher used to teach this better than no! opinion proof barbarians empire peace builders, architects bridges everywhere

2. Stage 10 Vocab aedificamus maior quam aliae postremo dei dant deinde surrexit miserandi imitatores auctores libros legitis riserunt build greater than, bigger than other lastly gods give then got up pathetic, pitiful imitators creators books read laughed

3. fratres institor ad eos felices quam! da! dissentiebant stultissimi abite retineo abierunt in terram brothers pedlar, street vendor to them lucky how! give! were arguing very stupid go away am keeping went away onto the ground Stage 10 Vocab

4. deiecit in piscinam venite huc! philosophus solus vosne estis contenti? Graeculi artifices praemium susurravit threw into the fishpond come here! philosopher lonely are you satisfied? poor little Greeks artists profit, reward whispered, muttered Stage 10 Vocab

5. Aegyptius caupo Neptunus delevit antiquus in pyramide clausit eam maritum incendium ardebat infelix amisit Egyptian inn keeper Neptune has destroyed old, ancient in a pyramid shut, closed her husband blaze, fire was on fire unlucky lost Stage 10 Vocab

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7. nos laboramus vos laboratis We work. You work Stage 10 GrammarWe and You Notice that vos laboratis is the plural form. It is used when you refers to more than one person.

8. (ego) porto (tu) portas portat (nos) portamus (vos) portatis portant I carry, I am carrying you carry, you are carrying s/he carries we carry, we are carrying you carry, you are carrying they carry, they are carrying You have now met the whole of the present tense.

9. Notice that nos and vos are not strictly necessary, since the endings –mus and –tis make it clear that we and you are being spoken about. The Romans generally used nos and vos only for emphasis.

10. nos pugnamus vos dormitis dicimus. videmus. videtis. nuntiatis. We are fighting. You are sleeping. We speak. We see. You see. You announce. Examples

11. nos sumus iuvenes. vos estis pictores. We are young men. You are painters. The Latin for we are and you (plural) are is as follows: So the complete present tense of sum is: (ego) sum I am (tu) es you are (S) est s/he is (nos) sumus we are (vos) estis you are (P) sunt they are

12. nos Romani sumus callidi. nos Romani sumus callidiores quam vos Graeci. nos Romani sumus fortes. nos Romani sumus fortiores quam vos Graeci. We Romans are clever. We Romans are clevererthan you Greeks. We Romans are brave. We Romans are braver than you Greeks. Grammar Part IILook at the following sentences:

13. The words in red, bold type are know as comparatives. They are used to compare two things or groups with each other. In the example above, the Romans are comparing themselves with the Greeks.

14. Nuceria est magna. Roma est maior quam Nuceria. sententia tua est bona. sententia mea est melior quam tua. Nuceria is large. Rome is larger than Nuceria. Your opinion is good. My opinion is better than yours. The following comparatives are irregular:

15. Example #1 • Pompeiani sunt stulti. • The Pompeians are stupid. • Nucerini sunt stultiores quam Pompeiani. • The Nucerians are more stupid than the Pompeians.

16. Example #2 Diodorus erat iratus. Diodorus was angry. sed Thrasymachus erat iratior quam Diodorus. But Thrasymachus was angrier than Diodorus.

17. Example #3 mea villa est pulchra. My house is beautiful. sed tua villa est pulchrior quam mea. But your house is more beautiful than mine.

18. Example #4 canis est magna. The dog is large. mea feles est maior quam canis. My cat is larger than the dog. cena est bona. The dinner is good. mea cena est melior quam tua. My dinner is better than yours.