Latin for Beginners · Lesson VIII · Part 2: Nouns and adjectives of the first two declensions
8. Adjectives agree in gender; Latin word order
Goal: Your child makes adjectives agree in gender, number and case, and knows the usual order of words in a Latin sentence.
You'll need
- The book, open to this lesson
- The special vocabulary page for this lesson (near the back of the book; the lesson tells you the page)
- A notebook for Latin, and a pencil
- Index cards for new words (optional)
What's in the book
Adjectives agree in gender too. A table sets domina beside bona, and another declines dea bona, with the special forms deābus and fīliābus. Then the normal order of words, and ten Latin sentences. A note after the lesson points to the first review (sections 502–505 at the back).
The lesson, step by step
Review
Decline casa aloud. Ask which genders Latin has.
Agreement
Section 65: adjectives agree with their nouns in gender, number and case. Look at the table of domina and bona side by side: the endings match.
Two special words
dea (goddess) and fīlia (daughter) use -ābus in the dative and ablative plural, so they are not mixed up with the words for gods and sons:
deābus bonīs
Word order
Read section 68 together. The usual order is: subject, words that go with the subject, indirect object, direct object, adverb, verb. A word moved to the front is being stressed.
Vocabulary
From the special vocabulary for Lesson VIII:
via, way, road, street
alta, high, deep
clāra, clear, bright; famous
lāta, wide
longa, long
nova, new
Latin to English
Do the sentences in section 69. Two of them:
Nautae altās et lātās amant aquās.
Clāra est īnsula Sicilia.
In each, ask: which word has been moved for emphasis?
Wrap up
Your child declines dea bona aloud, singular and plural.
Afterwards
Before Lesson IX, look over the first review at the back of the book (sections 502–505), if you like. It lists the words and forms from Lessons I–VIII.
Answers to the book's problems
1. Your roads are not long. 2. Are the new trumpets in my cottage? They are not. 3. Who lives in the wide forest? Diana, the beautiful goddess of the bright moon, lives in the wide forest. 4. Sailors love the deep and wide waters. 5. What is your maid carrying? My maid is carrying a new trumpet. 6. Where are Lesbia and Julia? Lesbia is in your cottage, and Julia is in mine. 7. Is Italy a wide land? Italy is long, not wide. 8. To whom does Galba the farmer tell a new story? He tells a new story to the daughters of the famous lady. 9. The island of Sicily is famous. 10. Whom does Latona praise? Latona praises her daughter.
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