Nomen: _____________________________________ Hodie est: _____________________

Declining Latin NounsLesson 1.1

1. Decline these 1st Declension Nouns: Exercise 1

terra, terrae Noun Meaning: __________________________ Noun Stem: __________________

Singular Plural

porta, portae Noun Meaning: __________________________ Noun Stem: __________________ Singular Plural

Maria, Mariae Noun Meaning: _______________________ Noun Stem: __________________ Singular Plural

Nominative

Genitive

Dative

Accusative

Ablative

Nominative

Genitive

Dative

Accusative

Ablative

Nominative

Genitive

Dative

Accusative

Ablative

nauta, nautae Noun Meaning: _________________________ Noun Stem: __________________

victoria, victoriae Noun Meaning:______________________ Noun Stem: __________________

silva, silvae Noun Meaning: __________________________ Noun Stem: __________________

gloria, gloriae Noun Meaning: _________________________ Noun Stem: __________________

Nominative

Genitive

Dative

Accusative

Ablative

Nominative

Genitive

Dative

Accusative

Ablative

Nominative

Genitive

Dative

Accusative

Ablative

Nominative

Genitive

Dative

Accusative

Ablative

Exercise 2 Nmen: _____________________________

Hodie est: ___________________________

Tell what cases these forms are and give the meanings.

1. terram _____________________________ 17. victori ______________________________________

2. silvs _____________________________ 18. terra ________________________________________

3. portrum ___________________________ 19. portis _______________________________________

4. gloriam ____________________________ 20. nautis _______________________________________

5. ports _____________________________ 21. port ________________________________________

6. silvam _____________________________ 22. Maria _______________________________________

7. victoriae ___________________________ 23. terrarum _____________________________________

8. nautarum __________________________ 24. terr ________________________________________

9. terrae _____________________________ 25. silva ________________________________________

10. victoria ____________________________ 26. Mariam _____________________________________

11. nautae _____________________________ 27. silvae _______________________________________

12. victoriam __________________________ 28. terris ________________________________________

13. gloriae ____________________________ 29. gloria _______________________________________

14. Mariae ____________________________ 30. silv ________________________________________

15. porta ______________________________ 31. silvarum _____________________________________

16. silvis ______________________________ 32. nauta _______________________________________

33. portae _______________________________________

Exercise 3 Nmen: _____________________________

Hodie est: ___________________________

1. How can you tell the difference between the Nominative and Ablative singular of the first declension noun?

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2. How can you find the stem of a Latin noun? __________________________________________________

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3. How can you tell to what declension a noun belongs? __________________________________________

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Exercise 4 Nmen: _____________________________

Explain the Gender of these vocabulary words.

terra, terrae __________________________________________________________________

porta, portae __________________________________________________________________

Maria, Mariae ________________________________________________________________

nauta, nautae _________________________________________________________________

victoria, victoriae ______________________________________________________________

silva, silvae ___________________________________________________________________

gloria, gloriae _________________________________________________________________

Exercise 5 Nmen: _____________________________

Translate the following; use all three ways Hodie est: ___________________________

of translating the English present tense.

1. Maria orat. ____________________________________________________________________________

2. Nautae orant. __________________________________________________________________________

3. Nauta orat. ____________________________________________________________________________

4. Nautae non orant. _______________________________________________________________________

5. Vident. _______________________________________________________________________________

6. Nauta videt. ___________________________________________________________________________

7. Maria videt. ___________________________________________________________________________

8. Videt. ________________________________________________________________________________

9. Nautae non vident. ______________________________________________________________________

10. Non orat. _____________________________________________________________________________

Exercise 6 Translate. Nmen: _____________________________

1. Nautae terram laudant. ___________________________________________________________________

2. Nautae provinciam vident. ________________________________________________________________

3. Maria silvas laudat. _____________________________________________________________________

4. Nauta silvas videt. ______________________________________________________________________

5. Nauta portam videt. _____________________________________________________________________

6. Provinciam non laudant. _________________________________________________________________

7. Victoriam laudant. ______________________________________________________________________

8. Nautae gloriam laudant. __________________________________________________________________

9. Provinciam videt. _______________________________________________________________________

Exercise 7 Nmen: _____________________________

Translate into Latin. Hodie est: ___________________________

1. They praise Mary. ______________________________________________________________________

2. The sailors see the province. ______________________________________________________________

3. The sailors praise glory. __________________________________________________________________

4. He sees the gate. ________________________________________________________________________

5. The sailor does not praise the province.______________________________________________________

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6. They praise the forest. ___________________________________________________________________

7. He sees the sailors. ______________________________________________________________________

8. She praises the victory. __________________________________________________________________

9. They see the gate. _______________________________________________________________________

10. Mary does not praise the sailors. ___________________________________________________________

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11. The sailors see land. _____________________________________________________________________

Exercise 8 Genitive Practice Nmen: _____________________________

Translate into English. Hodie est: ___________________________

1. gloria provinciae _______________________________________________________________________

2. victoria nautae _________________________________________________________________________

3. gloria Mariae __________________________________________________________________________

4. gloria nautae ___________________________________________________________________________

5. silva provinciae ________________________________________________________________________

6. victoria nautarum _______________________________________________________________________

7. porta provinciae ________________________________________________________________________

Exercise 9

Translate into Latin.

1. the sailors victory ______________________________________________________________________

2. Marys victory _________________________________________________________________________

3. the gate of the province __________________________________________________________________

4. Marys fame ___________________________________________________________________________

5. the sailors victory ______________________________________________________________________

6. the forest of the province _________________________________________________________________

Nomen: _____________________________ Hodie est: _____________________

Declining Latin Nouns

2. Decline these 2nd Declension Nouns:

servus, servi Gender: ______ Meaning: ________________________________

Singular Plural

filius, filii Gender: ______ Meaning: ________________________________ Singular Plural

Deus, Dei Gender: ______ Meaning: ________________________________ Singular Plural

Nominative

Genitive

Dative

Accusative

Ablative

Nominative

Genitive

Dative

Accusative

Ablative

Nominative

Genitive

Dative

Accusative

Ablative

amicus, amici Gender: ______ Meaning: ________________________________

Christus, Christi Gender: ______ Meaning: ________________________________

Christianus, Christiani Gender: ______ Meaning: _________________________

Nominative

Genitive

Dative

Accusative

Ablative

Nominative

Genitive

Dative

Accusative

Ablative

Nominative

Genitive

Dative

Accusative

Ablative

Exercise 13 Nmen: _____________________________

Hodie est: ___________________________

1. Christiani orant. ________________________________________________________________________

2. Amici Dei Christianos laudant. ____________________________________________________________

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3. Christiani Filium Dei laudant. _____________________________________________________________

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4. Nautae servos non vident. ________________________________________________________________

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5. Servi Christianos laudant. ________________________________________________________________

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6. Christiani servos Dei laudant. _____________________________________________________________

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7. Gloriam Dei vident. _____________________________________________________________________

8. Christiani Christum laudant. ______________________________________________________________

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9. Deus terram et silvas videt. Nautas et servos et Christianos videt. ________________________________

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10. Christiani Christum et Deum laudant. _______________________________________________________

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Exercise 14 Nmen: _____________________________

SN=Nominative AV sits last DO=Accusative Hodie est: ___________________________

Possessive/of phrases = Genitive

1. Christians praise the Son of God. __________________________________________________________

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2. Mary sees the Son of God. ________________________________________________________________

3. Christians praise the victory of Christ. ______________________________________________________

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4. Mary praises God. ______________________________________________________________________

5. God praises the glory of Christ. ____________________________________________________________

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6. Christ praises the friends of God. __________________________________________________________

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7. The servants of God praise Christ. __________________________________________________________

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8. The sailors do not praise the victory of the slaves. _____________________________________________

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9. Christians see the glory of God and the victory of Christ.________________________________________

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10. God sees the earth; He sees the forests. ______________________________________________________

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Nomen: _____________________________ Hodie est: _____________________

Declining Latin Nouns Exercise 15a

3. Decline these 2nd Declension Nouns. Translate the box marked with an * asterisk.

bellum, belli Gender: ___________ Meaning: ________________________________

Singular Plural

* ______________________________________________________

caelum, caeli Gender: ___________ Meaning: ________________________________ Singular Plural

* ______________________________________________________

regnum, regni Gender: : __________ Meaning: ________________________________ Singular Plural

* ______________________________________________________

Nominative *

Genitive

Dative

Accusative

Ablative

Nominative

Genitive *

Dative

Accusative

Ablative

Nominative

Genitive *

Dative

Accusative

Ablative

praemium, praemii Gender: : __________ Meaning: ________________________________

* ______________________________________________________

periculum, periculi Gender: ___________ Meaning: ________________________________

* ______________________________________________________

imperium, imperii Gender: ___________ Meaning: ________________________________

* ______________________________________________________

Nominative

Genitive

Dative

Accusative *

Ablative

Nominative

Genitive

Dative

Accusative *

Ablative

Nominative *

Genitive

Dative

Accusative

Ablative

Exercise 17 Practice with the Genitive: Possessives/of-phrases. Nmen: _____________________________

Translate into English. Watch for plural Subject Nouns. Hodie est: ___________________________

Underline the Direct Objects in the Latin. Remember: Regular English Word Order is:

SN + Mod + AV + DO + Mod

1. Amici Dei regnum Christi laudant. _________________________________________________________

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2. Maria praemium et victoriam Christi videt. ___________________________________________________

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3. Nautae caelum et terram vident. ___________________________________________________________

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4. Deus pericula Christianorum videt. _________________________________________________________

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5. Deus bella non laudat. ___________________________________________________________________

6. Servi Christi imperium Christi laudant. ______________________________________________________

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7. Maria gloriam regni Christi videt. __________________________________________________________

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8. Filius Dei praemia Mariae laudat. __________________________________________________________

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9. Nautae pericula belli non laudant. __________________________________________________________

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Recall:

Nom.=Subject

Gen.=Possessive

Acc.=Direct Object

Exercise 18 Nmen: _____________________________

Hodie est: ___________________________

1. Explain the gender of:

nauta ________________________________________________________________________________

porta _________________________________________________________________________________

regnum _______________________________________________________________________________

Christus ______________________________________________________________________________

Maria ________________________________________________________________________________

praemium _____________________________________________________________________________

2. What s the position of adverbs in Latin? ____________________________________________________

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3. How can you tell the difference between the Nominative and Ablative singular in the First Declension?

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4. What s the gender rule for 2nd declension nouns whose Nominative ending s um? __________________

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5. What s unique about all NEUTER nouns and adjectives? _______________________________________

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Exercise 19 Practice with Indirect Objects. Nmen: _____________________________

Hodie est: ___________________________

First, parse the sentence; mark the case of each noun and its part of speech (first one s done for you):

Nom/Subj Dat/IO Acc/dir.obj. Sing/Verb

1. Chrstus De glriam dedit. (in Latin order: Christ, to God, glory, gave.)

In English order: (Subj. + Verb + Ind. Obj. + Dir. Obj.) Christ gave God glory. ______________

2. Servs gladis nn dedrunt sed nautis gladis dedrunt. _____________________________________

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3. Nautae amcs victriam dedrunt. ________________________________________________________

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4. Deus amcs Js praemia dedit. ___________________________________________________________

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5. Deus Fili rgnum dedit. _________________________________________________________________

6. Chrstin glriam Marae et Fili Marae dedrunt. _________________________________________

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7. Deus Chrst terram dedit. ________________________________________________________________

8. Nautae glriam bell laudant sed percula bell nn laudant. __________________________________

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9. Prvinciam amc dedit. ________________________________________________________________

10. Deus glriam et victriam Chrstins dedit. _______________________________________________

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11. Amc gladium dedit.___________________________________________________________________

Exercise 20 Practice with Indirect Objects Nmen: _____________________________

If it will help you translate more accurately, parse first. Hodie est: ___________________________

1. God gave a kingdom to Christ. ____________________________________________________________

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2. He gave a sword to the friend but not to the slave. _____________________________________________

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3. The Christians gave glory to God. __________________________________________________________

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4. They did not give the province to the slaves.__________________________________________________

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5. The Son of God gave heaven to the Christians. ________________________________________________

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6. Sailors do not praise the dangers of war but they praise victory and the rewards of war. ________________

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7. God gave a kingdom and an empire to Christ._________________________________________________

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8. The sailors see the sky. __________________________________________________________________

Exercise 21 - Review Nmen: _____________________________

Complete the word endings where necessary; translate. Hodie est: ___________________________

1. Christian_______ orat.

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2. Christiani or________.

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3. Maria De______ vid________.

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4. Nautae terr______ vid________.

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5. Servus Christi Cael______ laud________.

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6. Amici Dei Christ______ laud________.

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7. Christus De______ vid________.

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8. De______ terras vid________.

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9. Filius Dei Deum laud________.

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10. Maria glori______ Deo dedit.

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11. Servis gladi______ non dedit.

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12. Christiani regn______ et imperi______ Christi laudant.

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Exercise 22 Practice with prepositions Nmen: _____________________________

Translate these phrases into English. Hodie est: ___________________________

1. in oppid ___________________________

2. in silv _____________________________

3. cum Gall ___________________________

4. cum Mara __________________________

5. propter glriam Rmae ________________

6. post victriam________________________

7. in silvs Galliae ______________________

8. cum naut ___________________________

9. propter percula oppid _________________

10. in terr _____________________________

11. propter victriam _____________________

12. in ports Rmae ______________________

13. cum De ____________________________

14. propter praemia Gallrum ______________

15. in cael _____________________________

16. post victriam Rmnrum _____________

17. cum amcs __________________________

18. in silvs _____________________________

19. in ports oppid _______________________

20. cum Rmns ________________________

21. in Galli ____________________________

22. propter glriam bell ___________________

23. in provincis _________________________

24. in prvinci _________________________

25. cum servo ___________________________

26. post bellum __________________________

27. cum Romano_________________________

28. in regno _____________________________

29. in oppidis ___________________________

30. cum filiis ____________________________

31. propter periculum _____________________

32. in silvis et oppidis _____________________

33. post periculum _______________________

34. cum Christo _________________________

35. in bello _____________________________

36. cum Christianis _______________________

37. cum Gallis___________________________

38. propter bellum _______________________

39. post oppidum ________________________

40. in porta _____________________________

Exercise 23 practice with prepositions Nmen: _____________________________

Hodie est: ___________________________

Translate these phrases into Latin.

1. with Mary _____________________________

2. after the war __________________________

3. with God______________________________

4. on account of the war ____________________

5. in the town ____________________________

6. after the danger ________________________

7. on account of the reward _________________

8. with the Son of God _____________________

9. on account of the Christians _______________

10. in heaven _____________________________

11. on account of the kingdom ________________

12. with friends ___________________________

13. in Gaul _______________________________

14. with the Romans _______________________

15. with the sailors ________________________

16. in the forests __________________________

17. on land ______________________________

18. in the provinces _______________________

19. with the slave _________________________

20. in danger _____________________________

21. on account of power ____________________

22. with a Gaul ___________________________

23 behind the town _______________________

24. on earth ______________________________

25. on account of the fame of Rome ____________

Exercise 24 practice with Predicate Nouns Nmen: _____________________________

Put prepositional phrases in parentheses. Hodie est: ___________________________

If it will help you translate more accurately ~ parse the Latin. Take special note of word endings. Watch for compound sentences.

1. Estis fli De (words of Christ to His disciples). _____________________________________________

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2. Chrstus est Flius De. ___________________________________________________________________

3. Chrstin sunt servi De. _________________________________________________________________

4. Caelum est praemium Christinrum. _______________________________________________________

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5. Mara est in Cael cum De. ______________________________________________________________

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6. Bellum in prvinci est. __________________________________________________________________

7. Sumus fli De. ________________________________________________________________________

8. Amcus De es. _________________________________________________________________________

9. Gall sunt in Galli, sed Rmn nn sunt in Galli. ____________________________________________

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10. Gall sunt in oppids et in silvs.____________________________________________________________

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11. Rmn gladis Galls nn dedrunt. ________________________________________________________

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12. Silvae in Galli sunt. ____________________________________________________________________

13. Rma nn est in Galli. __________________________________________________________________

14. Propter bellum Gall nn sunt amici Rmnrum. _____________________________________________

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15. Gladii sunt in oppid. ____________________________________________________________________

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Nb: If the verb is something other than 3rd person, you must begin the sentence with the verb.

16. Nautae estis. ___________________________________________________________________________

17. Nautae in silvs nn sunt. _________________________________________________________________

18. Cum amc in prvinci sum. _____________________________________________________________

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19. Silvae sunt post oppidum. ________________________________________________________________

20. Nautae sunt Chrstin. ___________________________________________________________________

21. In oppid sumus. _______________________________________________________________________

22. Rmnus serv praemium dedit. ___________________________________________________________

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23. Sunt De amici._________________________________________________________________________

24. Chrstinus es sed servus Rmn es. _______________________________________________________

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25. In Cael nn estis. ______________________________________________________________________

Exercise 25 Nmen: _____________________________________

Hodie est: __________________________________

1. Christ is the Son of God. _________________________________________________________________________________

2. Sailors see the sky, but not the land. __________________________________________________________________

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3. Christians are servants of Christ. _______________________________________________________________________

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4. We are friends of God. ____________________________________________________________________________________

5. Jesus is with God in Heaven. ____________________________________________________________________________

6. The slaves are in the towns and in the forests. _______________________________________________________

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7. Christians praise God on account of the glory of Christ. ____________________________________________

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8. The Gauls are in Gaul. ____________________________________________________________________________________

9. You are the sons of God. _________________________________________________________________________________

10. You are a servant of God. ________________________________________________________________________________

11. I am on the earth. ________________________________________________________________________________________

12. Heaven is the reward of the servants of Christ. ______________________________________________________

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13. After the war the rewards of victory! ______________________________________________________________

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14. Romans are in the provinces. ____________________________________________________________________________

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15. The servants are in the towns. __________________________________________________________________________

16. You (pl.) are not in Gaul. _________________________________________________________________________________

Exercise 26 practice with quod Nmen: _____________________________

Hodie est: ___________________________

Recall: If a verb is in something other than 3rd person, you must begin your sentence with the verb & its pronoun.

(See sentence number 3 for an example of this.)

1. (In tabula1 ) videtis Rmm et imperium Rmnrum. __________________________________________

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2. Rmn Rmam incolunt. ________________________________________________________________

3. Prvincis imperi Rmnrum videtis. _____________________________________________________

4. Galliam videtis. ________________________________________________________________________

5. Rmn Galls (in bells) vicerunt. _________________________________________________________

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6. Gladii nn sunt (in oppids Gallrum) quod Gall (post bellum) gladis Rmns dedrunt. _____________

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7. Itaque, (post victrias Rmnrum) prvinci (in Galli) est. ___________________________________

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8. Prvinciam Gall et Rmn incolunt. _______________________________________________________

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9. Percula sunt (in silvs Galliae), quod Gall nn sunt amici Rmnrum. ___________________________

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10. Gall sunt servi Rmnrum, quod Rmn Galls vicerunt. _____________________________________

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11. Itaque, Gall imperium Rmnrum nn laudant, sed Rmn (propter glriam bell) imperium laudant. __

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Exercise 27 practice with quod Nmen: _____________________________

Hodie est: ___________________________

This exercise is meant to be done while looking at page 32 in your textbook.

This is another exercise that has several sentences with verbs in something other than 3rd person. Watch carefully

for these. Also note, an English sentence will not end with the word is. Ive placed prepositional phrases in parentheses to make finding the Subject Noun and other parts of speech easier.

1. Videtis Christianos. ________________________________________________________________________________________

2. Videtis Mariam et Christum et Deum. _________________________________________________________________

3. Christiani (in terr) sunt, sed Christus (in Caelo) (cum Deo) est. ________________________________

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4. Pericula Christianorum (in terr) sunt, sed praemia sunt (in Caelo). ___________________________

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5. Itaque Christiani (in terr) orant. ______________________________________________________________________

6. Jesus (cum Christianis) orat quod Christiani filii Dei sunt. _______________________________________

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7. Christiani Mariam laudant quod Christus est Filius Mariae. ______________________________________

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8. Christum laudant quod Filius Dei est. ________________________________________________________________

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