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Capitulum III

Puer improbus

  • The accusative, the object case
  • Object pronouns
  • The relative pronoun
  • The present tense of verbs
  • Asking for and giving a reason

32 words

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Words seen

  • scaena scene, stage
  • persōna character (in a play)
  • mamma mommy, mum
  • laetus happy, glad
  • īrātus angry
  • probus good, well-behaved
  • improbus naughty, bad
  • cantō to sing
  • pulsō to hit, to strike
  • plōrō to cry, to wail
  • rīdeō to laugh
  • videō to see
  • vocō to call
  • veniō to come
  • interrogō to ask, to question
  • respondeō to answer, to reply
  • dormiō to sleep
  • audiō to hear, to listen to
  • verberō to beat, to thrash
  • ego I, me
  • tū you (singular)
  • is he, she, it, that one (referring back to a noun already named), his, her, its (genitive eius)
  • quī who, whom, which, that (relative pronoun)
  • neque and not, nor
  • iam now, already
  • cūr why?
  • quia because
  • ō O!, oh!
  • hīc here
  • nōminātīvus nominative (the subject case)
  • accūsātīvus accusative (the object case)
  • verbum verb, word

Sentences seen

  • Puella laeta est et cantat.

    The girl is happy and sings.

  • Mamma laeta est et in scaenā cantat.

    Mummy is happy and sings on the stage.

  • Puella laeta in scaenā est et cantat.

    The happy girl is on the stage and sings.

  • Puer improbus puellam pulsat.

    The naughty boy hits the girl

  • Māter venit et Titum vocat.

    The mother comes and calls Titus.

  • Puella puerum videt et rīdet.

    The girl sees the boy and laughs.

  • Titus improbus Līviam pulsat!

    Naughty Titus hits Livia!

  • Māter puellam vocat sed puella nōn venit.

    The mother calls the girl, but the girl does not come.

  • Puella laeta cantat; puer eam audit.

    The happy girl sings; the boy hears her.

  • Puella quae cantat laeta est.

    The girl who sings is happy

  • Māter fīlium vocat, sed puer nōn venit: dormit.

    The mother calls her son, but the boy does not come: he is sleeping.

  • Puer nōn dormit et puellam audit.

    The boy is not sleeping and hears the girl.

  • Puer puellam videt et eam vocat.

    The boy sees the girl and calls her.

  • Puer quī puellam videt eam vocat neque rīdet.

    The boy who sees the girl calls her and does not laugh.

  • Puella hīc est et cantat; puer eam iam audit.

    The girl is here and is singing; the boy already hears her.

  • Titus plōrat quia māter eum verberat.

    Titus cries because his mother beats him

  • Cūr puella hīc cantat.

    Why is the girl singing here?

  • Puella plōrat quia puer eam pulsat.

    The girl is crying because the boy is hitting her.

  • Cūr puella hīc plōrat Quia mamma eam nōn audit.

    Why is the girl crying here? Because mommy does not hear her.

  • Cūr puella hīc cantat?

    Why is the girl singing here?
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