Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Assignment, Wheelock, Chapter 5, Week 6

The assignment for next week is to learn the vocabulary and do the Practice and Review exercises for Chapter 5, pp. 33-35.

Friday, October 23, 2009

Optional Exercises, Chapter 4

Here are additional practice exercises for Chapter 4. The key is at the bottom.

I. Translate the following:

1. sumus ________________

2. estis ____________

3. sunt ______________

4. est ______________

5. sum ______________

6. es _________________

II. Identify the gender (M., F., or N), number (sing. or pl.), and case (nom., gen., etc.) and translate into English or Latin, as indicated.

EX. otium magnum (3 ways): neuter, sing., nom., acc., or voc., great leisure

1. vir malus

2. bella mala (3 ways):

3. dona bella (3 ways)

4. of a foolish friend

5. remedii veri

6. for the teacher

7. an evil war (direct object)

8. by beautiful gifts

9. officiorum parvorum


III. Translate:

1. Periculum belli parvum est.

2. Puer et puella non sunt stulti.

3. Sunt multae rosae.

4, Sumus filiae bonae.

5. Es filius humanus.

6. Magister officium magnum habet.

ANSWER KEY:

I. 1. We are

2. you are

3. they are

4. he, she, it is

5. I am

6. you are

II. 1. masc., sing., nom.: an evil man

2. neuter, pl., nom., acc., or voc.: evil wars

3. neut., pl., nom., acc., or voc.: beautiful gifts

4. masc. or fem., sing., gen.: stulti amici or stultae amicae

5. neut., sing., gen.: of a true remedy

6. m. or f., sing., dat.: magistro or magistrae

7. neut., sing., acc.: bellum malum

8. neut., pl., abl.: donis bellis

9. neut., pl., gen.: of small duties

III. 1. The danger of war is small.

2. The boy and girl are not foolish (fools).

3. There are many roses.

4. We are good daughters.

5. You are a humane (kind, refined) son.

6. The teacher has a great duty.

Assignment, Wheelock, Chapter 4, Week 5

Learn the vocabulary, pp. 27-28. Do the exercises, pp. 28-29. Read "The Rarity of Friendship," bottom of p. 29.

Monday, October 19, 2009

Pandora-Inspired Art


J. W. Waterhouse (Pre-Raphaelite), Pandora, 1896


Pandora's Box (silent movie), 1929, with Louise Brooks


Martin Muir, Pandora's Box, contemporary


Dante Gabriel Rossetti (Pre-Raphaelite), Pandora, 1879


Odilon Redon, Pandora, c. 1914


Jean Cousin, Eva Prima Pandora, c. 1550

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Optional Exercise, Chapter 3

There are two parts to this optional exercise: (1) using the correct case of the nouns, and (2) filling in blanks with the right case of the indicated words and then reading the sentences. The key is at the bottom.

I. Give the case (nominative, genitive, etc.), function (subject, direct object, etc)., and translation of each phrase. Sometimes I will indicate what case to use.

EX. filiorum meorum: genitive (case), possession (use), of my sons (translation)

1. populi romani (gen.)

2. populo Romano (dat.)

3. viris Romanis (abl.)

4. feminae magnae (nom.)

5. amicorum paucorum

6. amicis meis (dat.)

7. magnum virum

8. amici Romani ( voc.)

9. puer meus

10. multos agros

11. magni numeri (gen.)

12. amice magne


II. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the words in parentheses and translate.

1. ________ ________________(multa philosophia) semper habemus.

2. Numerus ______________________ (amicus tuus; pl.) est magnus.

3. Agricola _____________________(filius meus; singular) pecuniam dat.

4. ________________(Few) pueri ____________________(the great man) vident.

5. Fama _______________________________(of the men and women) est magna.

ANSWERS:

Part I.

1. gen., possessive, of the Roman people.

2. dative, indirect object, to/for the Roman people.

3. abl., adverbial, with/by the Roman men.

4. nom., subject, (the) great women.

5. gen., possessive, of (the) few friends

6. dat., indirect object, to/for my friends.

7. acc., direct object, a (the) great man.

8. voc., address, Roman friends!

9. nom., subject, my boy.

10. acc., direct object, many fields.

11. gen., possessive, of the great number.

12. voc., address, Great friend!

Part II.

1. multam philosophiam. We always have much philosophy.

2. amicorum tuorum. The number of your friends is great.

3. filio meo. The farmer gives money to your son.

4. Pauci, magnum virum. Few boys see the great man.

5. virorum et feminarum. The reputation (fame) of the men and women is great.

Assignment, Wheelock, More Chapter 3, Week 4

Do the exercises in Chapter 3, Wheelock, pp. 21-22, and read the story on the handout. If you need the handout, e-mail me.

I will post another worksheet here later this week, in case you want extra practice.

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Assignment, Wheelock, Chapter 3, Week 3

Learn the vocabulary for Chapter 3, pp. 20-21. We will continue to review, and I will present the new vocabulary and grammar in class.

Thursday, October 1, 2009

Self-Quiz, Chapter 2, Wheelock

The answer key is below the exercises.

I. Fill in the blanks with the correct form (nominative, genitive, dative, accusative, ablative, or vocative) and number (singular or plural) of the words shown in parentheses and translate.

1. __________ (nauta) non valent.

2. Date __________ (poeta) multas rosas.

3. Poeta est sine ______________(pecunia).

4. _____________(poena) saepe das.

5. ______________(patria mea; genitive) philo-

sophiam laudant.


II. Give the indicated form:

6. ablative plural of “great anger”

7. genitive plural of “fortune”

8. nominative singular of “feeling”

9. dative plural of “life”

10. accusative singular of “my philosophy”

KEY:

1. nautae: The sailors are not strong.

2. poetae: Give many roses to the poet; give the poet many roses.

3. pecunia: The poet is without money.

4. poenas (or poenam): You often pay the penalty.

5. patriae meae: They praise the philosophy of my country.

6. iris magnis 7. fortunarum 8. sententiae 9. vitis

10. philosophiam meam