States Questions—Intermediate Flashcards
- Translate the following sentence into Latin using tabella for cell phone: The students were afraid that their phone had fallen into the water
DISCIPULI/AE VERITI SUNT NE TABELLA IN AQUAM
CECIDISSET
B1: Now translate The students were afraid that their parents would not give them new phones
DISCIPULI/AE VERITI SUNT UT PARENTES EIS NOVAS TABELLAS DARENT
B2: Now translate The students used broken cell phones
DISCIPULI/DISCIPULAE UTEBANTUR/USI SUNT TABELLIS
Translate into English: Marcus ad basilicam ibit ut causam dicat
Marcus will go to court to plead his case
B1: Translate Marcus causam dicebat tam bene ut iudex eum laudaret.
Marcus pled his case so well that the judge praised him
B2: Translate Marcus multam pecuniam obtinuit cum bene causam diceret.
Marcus obtained a lot of money since he pled his case well
Translate the following sentence into English: venator aves maximos tacite sequitur
THE HUNTER QUIETLY FOLLOWS THE VERY LARGE BIRDS
B1: Now translate: aves maximi moriri non possunt, quod sunt immortales.
THE VERY LARGE BIRDS CANNOT DIE, BECAUSE THEY ARE
IMMORTAL
B2: Now translate: agricolae non patiuntur aves maximos eripere equos parvos.
THE FARMERS DO NOT ALLOW THE VERY LARGE BIRDS TO
SNATCH AWAY THE SMALL HORSES
Translate into English: Milites ducem sapientem sequantur.
LET THE SOLDIERS FOLLOW THE WISE LEADER
B1: Now translate: Milites putabant se ducem sapientem secutos esse.
THE SOLDIERS THOUGHT THEY HAD FOLLOWED A WISE LEADER
B2: Now translate: Dux stultus iussit ut milites eum sequerentur.
THE FOOLISH LEADER ORDERED THE SOLDIERS TO FOLLOW HIM
Say in Latin “We live in Rome”
ROMAE VIVIMUS/HABITAMUS
B1: Translate home using the word “domus” in the following sentence: I like to stay at home because that is where my xbox is.
DOMI
B2: Translate into Latin “We stayed in Britain for ten days”
IN BRITANNIA DECEM DIES MANEBAMUS/MANSIMUS
Translate the following sentence into English: tacite ambulamus ne magnum animal excitemus.
WE WALK QUIETLY IN ORDER THAT WE NOT WAKE THE LARGE ANIMAL
B1: Now translate this sentence: magnum animal erat tam iratus ut me oppugnaret.
THE LARGE ANIMAL WAS SO ANGRY THAT IT ATTACKED ME
B2: Now translate this sentence knowing that pila means ball: magnum animal pilā
captō ut contrā alia animālia pugnet.
I CAPTURE THE LARGE ANIMAL WITH A BALL SO THAT IT FIGHTS AGAINST OTHER ANIMALS
What popular TV show might be rendered in Latin as “Domus Draconis”?
HOUSE OF THE DRAGON
B1: What popular TV show might be rendered in Latin as “Corona”?
THE CROWN
B2: What popular TV show might be rendered as “Ultimi Nostrum”?
THE LAST OF US
Using the verb surgō, translate the following sentence into Latin: “The bright moon was rising into the sky.”
LUNA (PRAE)CLARA IN CAELUM SURGĒBAT
B1: Using verb cadō, translate this sentence into Latin: “We see that the moon is falling.”
VIDĒMUS LUAM CADERE
B2: Change both verbs in that sentence to the perfect tense.
VĪDIMUS & CECIDISSE
Translate into Latin: “I know that the rumor is false.”
SCIO FAMAM ESSE FALSAM
B1: Translate: “I knew that the rumor had been false.”
SCIO FAMAM FUISSE FALSAM
B2: Translate: “I know that the truth must be told.”
SCIO VERITATEM NARRANDAM ESSE
Translate the following into Latin: “We watch the closed gates.”
SPECTAMUS CLAUSAS PORTAS.
B1: … “We watched the soldiers closing the gates.”
SPECTAVIMUS MILITES CLAUDENTES PORTAS.
B2: … “We saw that the gates were closed by the soldiers.”
VIDIMUS PORTAS A MILITIBUS CLAUSAS ESSE.
Translate the following sentence into English: Pectora movenda sunt
HEARTS MUST BE MOVED
B1: What case and use of “poets” would be needed to change the sentence to “Hearts must be moved by poets”?
DATIVE OF AGENT
B2: Now translate into English: “dona parentibus ferenda erant.”
GIFTS HAD TO BE/MUST HAVE BEEN CARRIED BY THE PARENTS.
[PARENTS HAD TO CARRY GIFTS]
A Latin inscription found under the church of San Clemente in Rome reads “Omnia disce.” Translate these two words
LEARN ALL / EVERYTHING
B1: Taking the adjective superfluus to mean “pointless” or “unnecessary,” translate the next line of the inscription: Vidēbis postea nihil esse superfluum.”
YOU WILL AFTERWARDS SEE THAT NOTHING IS UNNECESSARY / POINTLESS
B2: Taking the first conjugation verb coartō to mean “to confine,” translate the last line of the inscription: “Coartāta scientia iucunda nōn est.”
CONFINED KNOWLEDGE IS NOT PLEASING
Using the verb loquor, say in Latin: “Let the consul speak!”
CONSUL LOQUĀTUR
B1: Using the verb loquor, say in Latin: “The consul was about to speak these words.”
CONSUL LOCUTURUS HAEC VERBA ERAT
B2: Using the verb loquor, say in Latin: “The consul thought that he had spoken.”
CONSUL PUTĀBAT / PUTĀVIT SĒ / EUM LOCUTUM ESSE
Translate the infinitive in the following sentence: Līberī susurrābant sē verērī tenēbrās.
FEARED/WERE AFRAID (OF)
B1: Taking susurrō, susurrāre to mean “whisper” translate the sentence from the toss-up.
THE CHILDREN WHISPERED THAT THEY WERE AFRAID OF THE DARK.
B2: Now, using vereor, translate into Latin: Children, fear the dark on account of monsters!
VERĒMINI, LĪBERĪ, PROPTER/OB MONSTRA!
Translate the relative clause in this sentence: The friends with whom we sit today will always be
Answer: QUIBUSCUM SEDEMUS HODIE
B1. Translate the whole sentence, but change everything to the singular
Answer: AMICUS QUOCUM SEDEO HODIE SEMPER ERIT.
B2. Now translate The friend to whom I give my friendship has always been.
Answer: AMICUS CUI AMICITIAM DO SEMPER FUIT
