lesson i: translating

Lesson I: Translating

Aug. 29, 2012

PART 1: VOCAB REVIEWPART 2: SIGHT TRANSLATION

aqua, : wateraquae (feminine)

īnsula : island, īnsulae (feminine)

silvae : forest, woods(feminine)silva,

via,road, way, street

viae (feminine)

est : is

sunt : are

nōn : not

et : and

sed : but

Let’s try quick-translating!(answers on next slide)

• Roma est in Italia. • Italia est in Europa. • Britannia est insula. • Italia non est insula. • Italia paene (almost) est insula.• Italia “paeninsula” est.

Answers

• Rome is in Italy.• Italy is in Europe.• Britain is an island.• Italy is not an island.• Italy is almost an island.• Italy is a “peninsula.”

How about these sentences?

• Sunt viae et silvae in Italia.• Italia et Graecia et Hispania paeninsulae

sunt. • Estne Graecia in Europa?• Est aqua in Antarctica, sed non sunt silvae in

Antarctica. • Silvae in Germania sunt.

Answers!

• There are roads and forests in Italy.• Italy and Greece and Spain are peninsulas.• Is Greece in Europe?• There is water in Antarctica, but there aren’t

forests in Antarctica.• Forests are in Germany.

Using your vocabulary words,make up 3 additional Latin

sentences.You may also use other –a words

like Florida, Bermuda,India, Arabia, Virginia,

Philadelphia, etc.

Let’s Play “Quiz-Quiz-Trade!”Write your 3 sentences on the

sticky note.Find a partner.

Quiz each other on yoursentences.

Trade sticky notes.Find a new partner and repeat!