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Capitulum VIII

Taberna Rōmāna

  • The pronouns hic, ille and is
  • Interrogatives and relatives
  • Price in the ablative
  • Comparisons of size
  • Plural imperatives in -ite

39 words

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Words seen

  • taberna shop, stall
  • gemma gem, jewel
  • margarīta pearl
  • līnea string, cord, necklace (līnea margarītārum: a string of pearls)
  • tabernārius shopkeeper, tradesman
  • ānulus ring
  • digitus finger
  • sēstertius sesterce (a Roman coin; abbreviated HS)
  • ōrnāmentum ornament, piece of jewellery
  • collum neck
  • pretium price
  • pecūniōsus wealthy, moneyed (having much money)
  • gemmātus set with a gem, jewelled
  • medius middle (digitus medius: the middle finger)
  • quārtus fourth (IV, 4th)
  • tantus so big, as big (= tam magnus; tantus… quantus: as big as)
  • quantus how big? how great? (= quam magnus), as big as (tantus… quantus)
  • alius other, another (aliī… aliī: some… others)
  • vēndō to sell
  • emō to buy
  • cōnstō to cost (+ ablative of price)
  • ostendō to show (to someone: + dative)
  • mōnstrō to point out, show (digitō mōnstrāre: to point at with a finger)
  • aspiciō to look at, to catch sight of
  • accipiō to receive (accipere ā/ab + ablative: to receive from), to accept
  • cōnsistō to stop, to halt, to take one's stand
  • ōrnō to adorn, deck out (+ ablative of means)
  • clāmō to shout, to cry out
  • conveniō to fit, to suit (ad + accusative)
  • abeō to go away, to leave
  • ille that, that one (the one over there, away from the speaker), he
  • quī which? what? (before a noun: quī vir? quod ōrnāmentum?)
  • vīgintī twenty (XX, 20)
  • octōgintā eighty (LXXX, 80)
  • nōnāgintā ninety (XC, 90)
  • satis enough, sufficiently
  • nimis too, too much
  • aut or
  • prōnōmen pronoun (a word standing in for a noun; plural prōnōmina)

Sentences seen

  • In tabernā Rōmānā multae gemmae et multī ānulī sunt.

    In a Roman shop there are many jewels and many rings.

  • Tabernārius gemmās et margarītās habet.

    The shopkeeper has gems and pearls

  • Haec gemma pulchra est.

    This gem is beautiful.

  • Taberna huius tabernāriī magna est.

    This shopkeeper's shop is big.

  • In tabernā tabernārius gemmās margarītās et multōs ānulōs habet.

    In the shop, the shopkeeper has gems, pearls and many rings.

  • Fēmina pecūniōsa ōrnāmentum novum in collō habet.

    The rich woman has a new ornament on her neck

  • Pretium huius ānulī gemmātī magnum est.

    The price of this jewelled ring is high.

  • Ānulus in digitō quārtō est.

    The ring is on the fourth finger.

  • Fēmina pecūniōsa ōrnāmentum gemmātum in collō et ānulum in digitō quārtō habet.

    The wealthy woman wears jewelled ornament on her neck and a ring on her fourth finger.

  • Tabernārius fēminae ānulum gemmātum ostendit.

    The shopkeeper shows the woman a jewelled ring

  • Hic ānulus duodecim sēstertiīs cōnstat.

    This ring costs twelve sesterces.

  • Fēmina hanc margarītam emit.

    The woman is buying this pearl.

  • Tabernārius margarītās mōnstrat et ānulōs vēndit

    The shopkeeper shows the pearls and sells the rings.

  • Fēmina ānulum aspicit et tabernārius multās margarītās vēndit.

    The woman looks at the ring and the shopkeeper sells many pearls.

  • Tabernārius ōrnāmenta illa fēminīs ostendit.

    The shopkeeper shows those ornaments to the women

  • Quod ōrnāmentum fēmina ab amīcō suō accipit.

    Which ornament does the woman receive from her friend?

  • Tabernārius illud ōrnāmentum fēminae ostendit.

    The shopkeeper shows that ornament to the woman.

  • Tabernārius aliud ōrnāmentum mōnstrat et abit

    The shopkeeper shows another piece of jewellery and goes away.

  • Tabernāriī ante tabernās cōnsistunt ōrnāmenta sua ostendunt et clāmant fēminae conveniunt.

    The shopkeepers stand before the shops, show their jewellery and shout; the women gather.

  • Quod ōrnāmentum Tullia emit? Ānulum gemmātum, quī nōnāgintā sēstertiīs cōnstat.

    Which ornament is Tullia buying? A ring set with a gem, which costs ninety sesterces.

  • Hic ānulus satis magnus est, ille autem nimis parvus est: itaque Līvia illum nōn emit.

    This ring is big enough, but that one is too small: and so Livia does not buy it.

  • Hoc ōrnāmentum nōnāgintā sēstertiīs cōnstat.

    This ornament costs ninety sesterces

  • Līvia nōn satis pecūniae habet.

    Livia does not have enough money.

  • Pretium illīus ōrnāmentī nimis magnum est.

    The price of that ornament is too high.

  • Hoc ōrnāmentum octōgintā aut nōnāgintā sēstertiīs cōnstat sed Līvia nōn satis pecūniae habet.

    This piece of jewellery costs eighty or ninety sesterces, but Livia does not have enough money.

  • Hīc ōrnāmenta pulchra sunt !

    There are beautiful jewels here!

  • Ānulus gemmātus pulcher est.

    The gem-set ring is beautiful.

  • Fēmina ānulum digitō mōnstrat.

    The woman points to the ring with her finger.
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