Practise Translations Flashcards
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iuvenis festinare potest.
(young man) (hurry)
The young man can hurry.
servus dormire vult.
(slave) (sleep)
The slave wants to sleep.
ancillae laborare nolunt.
(slave girl) (work)
The slave-girls do not want to work.
difficile est mihi
it is difficult for me
facile est mihi
it is easy for me
necesse est mihi
it is necessary for me
difficile est servis amphoram portare.
It is difficult for the slave to carry the wine-jar.
non commodum est mihi in villa rustica hiemare.
hiemare(to spend)
commodum(convenient)
It is not convenient for me to spend the winter in a house in the country.
How do you know what an adjective is describing?
-They come next to it
-Have the same ending (tense, case)
List the verb ‘sum’
sum: I am
es: you are
est: he/she is
sumus: we are
estis: you are
sunt: they are
What is the verb esse?
The infinitive sum
What do modal verbs nolo,volo, possum always come with?
an infinitive
What is the order of translating?
(nominativ, accusative, verb)
-Nominative
-Verb
-Accusative
