Collegiate Questions—Novice Flashcards
Translate this sentence into English: “Marītus meus proelium nōn timet.” That’s “Marītus meus proelium nōn timet.” Keep in mind that marītus means “husband.”
MY HUSBAND {DOES NOT FEAR // IS NOT AFRAID OF} THE {FIGHT / BATTLE}
B1: Next, translate into English: “Cūr fugiēbās medicum? Tē adiuvābit.”
WHY WERE YOU {FLEEING FROM // AVOIDING} THE DOCTOR? HE WILL HELP YOU
B2: Now translate this into English, keeping in mind that castra is plural but is translated as singular: “Fīlī, mitte servōs ā castrīs nostrīs.”
SON, SEND {SLAVES / SERVANTS} FROM OUR CAMP
Give the most sensible translation of this Latin sentence: Puerī erant filiī deī.
THE BOYS WERE (THE) SONS OF (A / THE) GOD
B1: Give one possible grammatically correct translation of that sentence that makes much less sense.
THE BOYS WERE THE GODS OF A SON // THE SONS OF A GOD BELONGED TO A
BOY // THE BOYS WERE SONS WHO WERE GODS
[ACCEPT GRAMMATICAL EQUIVALENTS]
B2: Now make every possible word in the sentence from the tossup feminine, using slightly different words if needed.
PUELLAE ERANT FĪLIAE DEAE
Translate the following sentence from Latin to English: “Hunc librum cotīdiē legere dēbeō.”
I OUGHT TO READ THIS BOOK EVERY DAY.
B1: Translate the following sentence from Latin to English: “Puer malus clam librum ā mē rapuit.”
A WICKED BOY SECRETLY TOOK THE BOOK FROM ME.
B2: Translate the following sentence from Latin to English: “Māter mea dīcit mē esse fortem.”
MY MOTHER SAYS THAT I AM BRAVE
Of the animals testūdō, elephantus, gallus, and leō, which is described by the sentence “Hoc animal cunīculum vīcit, quamquam lentē currit” and is a tortoise in English?
TESTŪDŌ
B1: Of the animals ariēs, elephantus, gallus, and leō, which is described by the sentence “Hoc animal māne tē ex somnō excitat”?
GALLUS
B2: Of the animals ariēs, elephantus, mūs, and leō, which is described by the sentence “Nāsō rēs sūmere et dēpōnere potest”?
ELEPHANTUS
Translate into Latin: “The god is preparing the food.”
DEUS CIBUM PARAT
B1: Now make every word in that sentence plural.
DEĪ CIBŌS PARANT
B2: Now make every possible word in the Latin sentence cēnam amō plural.
CĒNĀS AMĀMUS
Translate into Latin, using only two words: “Who are you?”
QUIS ES?
Translate into Latin, using only two words: “Where are y’all?”
UBI ESTIS?
Translate into Latin: “We are in a large building.” Keep in mind that the word for building is aedificium.
SUMUS IN AEDIFICIŌ MAGNŌ
Please translate from Latin into English the following sentence: “Adestne noster amīcus?”
IS OUR FRIEND {PRESENT / HERE}?
B1: Now translate this sentence into English: “Nostrī amīcī numquam vēnērunt.”
OUR FRIENDS NEVER CAME
B2: Now translate this sentence into English: “Dux iubēbat mīlitēs in proeliō pugnāre.”
THE LEADER WAS ORDERING THE SOLDIERS TO FIGHT IN THE BATTLE
Note to players: there will be an extra clue after the sentence. Say in Latin: “Quintus, lead the soldier to the battle.” Note that the imperative of dūcō is shortened to dūc.
QUĪNTE, DŪC MĪLITEM AD PROELIUM
B1: Now translate this sentence using the irregular verb ferō: “Soldiers, bring water to the camp.”
MĪLITĒS, FERTE AQUAM AD CASTRA
B2: Now translate this sentence into Latin using the verb parcō, which takes the dative: “Do not spare the boy, because he killed the soldiers.”
NŌLĪ(TE) PARCERE PUERŌ, {QUOD / QUIA} (HIC / ILLE / ISTE / IS) NECĀVIT MĪLITĒS
If your Roman friend tells you tibi crās pecūniam dabō, when should you expect to receive some money, if your friend is telling the truth?
TOMORROW
B1: If a second friend of yours, who also happens to be Roman, tells you tuum amīcum pecūniam tenentem heri spectāvī in reference to the first friend, when do we know that our first friend had money, if this second friend is telling the truth?
YESTERDAY
B2: If a third friend, also Roman, tells you multam pecūniam cotīdiē teneō, when do they have money, if our supposedly wealthy friend is telling the truth?
EVERY DAY
Using the verb rēveniō and only three words, say in Latin: “I will return in two hours.”
RĒVENIAM DUĀBUS HŌRĪS
B1: Now say in Latin: “They returned at the third hour.”
RĒVĒNĒRUNT HŌRĀ TERTIĀ
B2: Using four words, say in Latin: “I journeyed for twenty years!”
ITER FĒCĪ VIGINTĪ ANNŌS
Translate into Latin: “I give you a free life.” Keep in mind that the dative of tū is tibi.
DŌ TIBI VĪTAM LĪBERAM
B1: Now say in Latin, addressing a single person, “Give me a free life!”
DĀ MIHI VĪTAM LĪBERAM!
B2: Translate into Latin using num: “Surely you weren’t frightening the horse with a sword?”
NUM EQUUM GLADIŌ TERRĒBĀS?
